One More Morning

[INTRO]

The rain had left the pavement silver

The night was folding into blue

I still remembered that streetlight

And the stranger I'd just met in you

[VERSE 1]

We walked until the shops unlocked

Past the corner where we first had talked

You stole my sleeve to warm your hands

I missed the train; we changed our plans

You asked me why I walked alone

I said I'd made a habit of going home

You smiled like you could see right through

The little walls I'd built around the truth

[PRE-CHORUS]

I should have left when morning came

Gone back to life the way it came

But you said, "Coffee?" soft and slow

And there were places I didn't want to go

[CHORUS]

You are my first light

The color in a world gone quiet

The reason I can stay awhile

And let the morning find me smiling

You are my first light

A little wonder, uninvited

One more hour, one more street

One more reason not to leave

[POST-CHORUS]

Ooh, yeah

One more reason not to leave

Ooh, yeah

Stay awhile with me

[VERSE 2]

Your kitchen radio missed a beat

You hummed along in bare cold feet

Two cups of coffee, one shared chair

The kind of peace I never knew was there

You laughed at how I watched the clock

Then hid my keys beneath your socks

You said, "You'll need these when you go"

I said, "I know" — but moved too slow

[PRE-CHORUS]

The city woke beyond the glass

The golden hour began to pass

And somewhere in that ordinary room

The smallest seed of something grew

[CHORUS]

You are my first light

The color in a world gone quiet

The reason I can stay awhile

And let the morning find me smiling

You are my first light

A little wonder, uninvited

One more hour, one more street

One more reason not to leave

[BRIDGE]

I used to keep the door half-open

So leaving never took too long

But you were making plans for Friday

Like you'd known me all along

I didn't promise you forever

I couldn't know what time would do

I only left my keys beside you

And asked when I could come back through

[FINAL CHORUS]

You are my first light

The color in a world gone quiet

The stranger from beneath that streetlight

Now the reason I keep trying

You are my first light

And I don't need to name it

Just give me one more morning

And a little time to face it

[OUTRO]

The rain had left the pavement silver

The city wore the morning blue

I came to know you as a stranger

I left with plans to come back to you