(first light)

Sky turning blue where the dark gave up
Coffee warming in a paper cup
Long night written on my face
But I made it through another phase

Street’s still wet from yesterday
Tire marks fading away
Everything feels quiet now
Like the world finally slowed me down

I didn’t know how much I needed
To see the night defeated

There’s a sunrise over the asphalt
Breaking through the cracks
Every mile I barely made it
Led me right to that
I don’t need the past to vanish
I don’t need it all to last
I just need this moment here
This sunrise over the asphalt

Windows down, morning air
Feels like forgiveness everywhere
All the doubts that chased me hard
Feel smaller in the daylight glare

I don’t claim I’ve got it solved
Still got weight I’ll always haul
But hope don’t feel like pressure now
It feels like space to figure it out

I’m not healed, but I’m alive
And today, that feels like enough

There’s a sunrise over the asphalt
Breaking through the cracks
Every mile I barely made it
Led me right to that
I don’t need the past to vanish
I don’t need it all to last
I just need this moment here
This sunrise over the asphalt

I don’t have to outrun the night
To prove I survived
I don’t have to rush the light
It shows up in its time

I’ll keep driving, but I’ll stay
Present in the light of day
Let the shadows fall behind
I’ve earned this peace of mind

There’s a sunrise over the asphalt
And I’m standing in it now
Every scar, every detour
Still got me here somehow
I don’t need the road to promise
Where it ends or how it lasts
I’ll take this breath, this moment here
This sunrise over the asphalt

Still rolling…
But the light’s here now