Lyrics

BEFORE THE MORNING KNOWS

[Verse 1]
The curtains let a little daylight
Fall across your sleeping face,
And every promise made yesterday
Feels broken in this place.
Your arm is resting on my pillow,
My dress is lying by the chair,
And the truth is getting louder
With the sunrise in the air.

We said it was only one moment,
Just two lonely hearts confused,
But the way you held me through the night
Left no room for an excuse.
Now your phone keeps lighting up,
And I know who waits at home.
She thinks you’re working late,
While I’m holding what’s not my own.

[Chorus]
Before the morning knows our names,
Before the daylight shows our shame,
You’ve got to leave, I’ve got to breathe,
And face the woman I became.
Last night felt warm, but wrong is wrong,
No matter how sweet the feeling stays.
We borrowed love from someone else,
And now the debt is due today.

[Verse 2]
I won’t pretend you forced my hand,
I opened every door.
I knew there was another woman
You had promised to adore.
Still, I listened when you told me
You were lonely in your life,
And let your unhappiness
Make me careless with another woman’s nights.

Don’t call this fate or destiny,
Don’t dress desire in something holy.
We knew exactly what it cost,
But didn’t want to feel so lonely.
I may miss the way you touched me,
I may ache when you’re gone,
But I refuse to build my happiness
On a heart we both did wrong.

[Chorus]
Before the morning knows our names,
Before the daylight shows our shame,
You’ve got to leave, I’ve got to breathe,
And face the woman I became.
We borrowed love from someone else,
And now the debt is due today.

[Bridge]
Maybe in another lifetime,
Maybe if your heart were free,
I could love you without hiding,
You could give yourself to me.
But I won’t wait inside the shadows
Or live from stolen time.
If you ever come back, baby,
Come with nothing left behind.

[Final Chorus]
Now the morning knows our names,
And the light has found our shame.
So take your coat, don’t touch my face,
Don’t make me weak again.
What happened here must end right here,
No secret calls, no hidden days.
I’d rather cry alone tonight
Than keep becoming what I hate.

[Outro]
Go home and tell the truth,
Or stay away from me.
I won’t be another woman’s sorrow
Just to soothe your misery.
Last night may live in my memory,
But it will not decide my life.
The morning came to warn me—
And this time, I choose what’s right.