Borrowed Sunrise

The sky was just turnin’ gray

When the engine finally died

Empty bottle on the passenger seat

And a war still in my mind

I remember starin’ at the horizon

Like it owed me somethin’ true

Half ashamed I was still breathin’

Half relieved I made it through

I won’t lie and say I woke up thankful

Like the movies always show

Some mornings I still wonder

Why I couldn’t let it go

Every sunrise I see

Feels a little strange to me

Like a life I almost traded

For the silence I believed

There was a night I nearly vanished

Where the darkness almost won

But the world kept slowly turnin’

And the mornin’ brought the sun

So I’m learnin’ how to live

With the man I almost wasn’t

And the grace I didn’t notice

In this borrowed sunrise

Some days it still gets heavy

Like a weight I can’t outrun

But there’s little bits of mercy

That remind me I ain’t done

A laugh from someone I love

A calm wind off the sea

Little things I would’ve missed

If that night had taken me

So if you’re starin’ at that darkness

Thinkin’ no one hears your cry

Brother I’ve stood on that same edge

Watchin’ hope and doubt collide

And I can’t promise easy answers

Or a road without the rain

But sometimes just survivin’

Is the first step outta pain

Every sunrise I see

Still feels strange to me

But it’s proof the night can’t keep you

Even when it runs that deep

There was a night I nearly vanished

Where the shadows almost won

But the world kept slowly turnin’

And the mornin’ brought the sun

So I’m learnin’ how to live

With the man I almost wasn’t

And the grace I didn’t notice

In this borrowed sunrise

Yeah I’m learnin’ how to live

With the man I almost wasn’t

Every day beneath

This borrowed sunrise