Carry the Morning

English lyrics

[Intro] Stone on stone, the old gate groans One red thread through the winter air You say the night has chosen us I say the dawn is already there [Verse 1] You count the names on a paper wall I count the hands that still hold on A cold brass key, a cracked front step A kitchen lamp left burning on You built your throne from borrowed fear You drew the line and called it fate But every locked door has a hinge And every empire has a gate [Chorus] Power breaks, the light gets through One heart steady, one truth held true When the dark says kneel, we rise instead Carry the morning over our heads [Rap Burst 1] Cut through the hush, let the iron ring No borrowed crown, no puppet string We came with the names that you tried to erase With dust on our coats and a map of the place You sold us a cage, called the bars protection Now hear every footstep reject your direction No fear in the throat, no bend in the spine We take back the hour, we take back the line [Breakdown] Hold fast Breathe in The first pale edge Under the skin [Chorus] Power breaks, the light gets through One heart steady, one truth held true When the dark says kneel, we rise instead Carry the morning over our heads [Rap Burst 2] I bring the spark where the cold walls meet You bring the nerve and the pulse in your feet No more silence assigned to the brave No more small lives arranged like a grave Say it plain, let the whole room know A seed in the stone still splits it slow We don't become what we came to oppose We open the door and the whole sky shows [Final Chorus] Power breaks, the light gets through One heart steady, one truth held true When the dark says kneel, we rise instead Carry the morning over our heads [Outro] Stone by stone, the gate swings wide You and I on the brighter side