Before the Dawn

See the man on the corner

standing

Raises his hand implores

for silence

He calls to the sun

He calls to the moon

He folds his mind into a

distant land

But the chaos continue

there around

The city streets

Like the paper that

burns it

Consumes all

The gray and the

desperation

Mingle into tears

But the world that is

passing cannot

Hear his call

So the words that he

speaks

Become the life

Held in his calloused

hands

And given to those who

would cry

To pull them away from

the cold and

The rain

Take them out of the

night

Into the day

Beat now

The hearts that are

still

And watch as the day

passes on

Beat now

The hearts that are

still

Before the dawn comes

Beat now

The hearts that are

still

Rise as the day passes

on

Beat now

Then I'll reveal

The place we belong

Watch as in slow motion

falling

The people return to

their innocence

A touch of the hand, a

sign in the eye

As the torrent falls for

a

Moment they disappear

And their bodies are

twisted

By the mould

Of their secret lives

Desires they would

always conceal

For a second the

numbness falls away

Pulse comes to their

eyes

Out of the night into

the day