(Verse 1)
Your face lights up the phone screen at midnight,
That crooked grin when you whisper, "hey, you up?"
You tuck your hair behind your ear on video, tight,
And I memorize the way your laugh breaks up.
The ringtone we chose sounds like a lighthouse ring,
I keep it soft so it wakes me like sunlight on a tide.
Your sweater still smells faintly of coffee and spring—
I fold those small things in my chest and hold them inside.
(Pre-Chorus)
Time zones stretch like paper between us,
But your voice folds back like paper planes.
I trace the freckle of a joke you make, trust—
Every little habit brings you home again.
(Chorus)
Miss AJ, my sunrise,
Your smile wakes the part of me that never sleeps.
Miss AJ, my sunrise,
Across the miles, it’s your light I keep.
(Verse 2)
You send postcards with edges soft from where you pressed,
Ink that says, "I miss you," in letters that lean toward mine.
I count the calendar days like steps toward your chest,
Replay your laugh until it threads through my nighttime.
Remember that last hug at the airport gate?
Your scent—lavender and rain—still clings to my hands.
I press my palm to the glass of our pixelate fate,
And promise more than words can fit in little plans.
(Pre-Chorus)
Midnight calls that stretch into morning rumors,
You hum our song while the city sleeps below.
I wake to you, to your small stubborn humor,
And map each heartbeat homeward as I go.
(Chorus — Variation 1)
Miss AJ, my sunrise,
Your smile pulls the dark out from under me.
Miss AJ, my sunrise,
Every midnight call makes the miles feel smaller, see?
(Bridge)
No ocean, no airline, no wrong turn will break this vow:
I’m booking dawn flights, learning the name of your town.
I’ll tape your postcards on the ceiling of my room,
And talk to your pillow like it’s yours until you’re in my arms.
I swear I’ll be the first to hold you when you step off that plane—
I’ll learn your coffee order, know the way you say my name.
This distance is a doorway, not a wall to keep us blind,
I’m folding every tomorrow til your hand fits into mine.
(Chorus — Variation 2)
Miss AJ, my sunrise,
Your smile’s a promise that the morning always keeps.
Miss AJ, my sunrise,
Come closer with the daylight—I’m counting down the leaps.
(Outro)
So when your phone lights up and you blink through sleep to see me,
Know I’m living for that look that makes the whole world right.
Miss AJ, you’re the reason every late-night dream’s free,
I’ll chase your dawn across the dark and bring you home to light.
(Ending Line)
Miss AJ, my sunrise—stay with me till morning finds us bright.
