[Verse 1] Morning finds me where the night left off Same old hands same scars same beating heart Nothing disappeared while the world was asleep No angels came to rescue me The bills are still there the past hasn't changed There are people I hurt and years I can't save But the light through the window looks different somehow Maybe because I'm finally looking at it now [Pre-Chorus] I thought a new life would have to begin with becoming somebody else Maybe all I needed was to stop abandoning myself [Chorus] Let me be dead by sunrise Not my body not my name Let the man who lived for everyone finally lose his claim Let the rules burn with the darkness Let the armor hit the ground If something has to die before I live let it be the man who never made a sound Dead by sunrise Alive when morning comes [Verse 2] I don't need another mountain I don't need another name I've spent enough years proving things to people who weren't keeping score anyway I want coffee while it's still warm I want to hear the whole damn song I want to call before it's too late Say “I love you” before somebody's gone I want to sit inside the noise I once begged to disappear Because now I know the things that interrupt your life are often why you're here [Pre-Chorus] I can't give back the time I lost But I can stop giving more away [Chorus] Let me be dead by sunrise Not my body not my name Let the man who lived for everyone finally lose his claim Let the rules burn with the darkness Let the armor hit the ground If something has to die before I live let it be the man who never made a sound Dead by sunrise Alive when morning comes [Bridge] I forgive the boy who learned the rules I forgive the young man with something to prove I forgive the lover who learned how to hide The father who thought providing meant being alive I forgive the man who kept standing when he should have asked for a hand And for the things I broke myself I won't forgive them away I'll understand I'll say their names I'll carry what is mine But guilt is not a home And regret is not a life [Break] I was there through every version of me Maybe that's enough to finally believe I'm worth staying for too [Final Chorus] I will be dead by sunrise Let the old ghost lose my name I don't need to erase the past to stop becoming it again Let the doors stand open Let somebody see me now If something had to die before I lived then let it end here Let it end now Dead by sunrise But when the morning comes I'll still have scars I'll still have fear I'll still be me I'll just finally be here [Outro] The sun is up Nothing changed Everything changed I'm still here And this time I intend to be.
