[Verse 1]
Quiet in the car, midnight with the dashboard glow,
Thoughts like trains, they race places only I know.
Scar maps on my sleeve, fingerprints of the fights,
Staring at a ceiling with a city in the cracks of the lights.
That late-night whisper taught me how to feel the ache,
Counting heartbeats like loose change, every loss a keepsake.
My hands cold on the wheel, but the truth's getting warm,
Flashing memories like neon through the thunderstorm.
[Chorus]
Between shadows and the sunrise, I learn to breathe, I learn to rise,
Holding onto small sparks, turning ashes into sky-high lights.
I won’t be denied — I keep the fight inside, open wide,
Between shadows and the sunrise, I find the pulse that keeps me alive.
[Verse 2]
I remember 2 AM, gas station lights humming low,
You laughed at my mixtape, said the chorus sounded like home.
We swore we'd leave that town but the highway had other plans,
I kept your name on my tongue like a promise in my hands.
Empty pockets and a hoodie, but I wore courage like a coat,
Saw our reflection in a diner window, ghosts in the smoke.
A letter in the glovebox, ink blurred from the rain,
I read the lines until the letters stitched up the pain.
[Chorus]
Between shadows and the sunrise, I learn to breathe, I learn to rise,
Holding onto small sparks, turning ashes into sky-high lights.
I won’t be denied — I keep the fight inside, open wide,
Between shadows and the sunrise, I find the pulse that keeps me alive.
[Bridge]
Sometimes it's quiet, sometimes it's loud — echoes in a crowded room,
I trace the edges of the night and map the shape of my own wounds.
Ad-libs: (ooh) late breaths, (yeah) soft steps, let the melody guide the ride,
Sparseness around the chorus, piano and low 808s collide.
[Verse 3]
There’s a picture on my phone from a summer we forgot to save,
A crooked smile, a broken streetlamp, promises that misbehaved.
I learned to fold my grief like paper planes and let them fly,
Watched them cross the skyline where the dark and dawn collide.
Now I write in colored ink, not to hide but to redefine,
Every bruise becomes a stanza, every scar, another line.
[Chorus — Variation]
Between shadows and the sunrise, I learn to breathe, I learn to rise,
Counting heartbeat harmonies, turning quiet into light.
I won’t be denied — the night taught me how to fight and write,
Between shadows and the sunrise, I lift my voice and ignite.
[Outro]
So here I stand with edges softened by the night,
Scar maps still there, but they glitter in the light.
From the hush to the roar, from the cracks to the sky,
Between shadows and the sunrise, I promise I'll survive.
Ad-libs: (yeah, yeah) let it breathe, (uh) let it fly, (ooh) keep the light.
