"Till Morning" lyrics
Kae Tempest Lyrics
The impact of it still ringing
We dance in the crater it left
All day long I can hear you singing
But I wake in the night and hear you catching your breath
Six months now, you've barely slept
I wonder how many others are stuck on the same map
Survivors built in the hidden depths
Survivors guilt like an empty trap
Every day of your life is a victory lap
I'm proud to be running it with you
When you get lost in flashbacks, I miss you
I'm picking up the slack but my hands are slipping
It was the worst betrayal
Resurfacing now that your life is stable
I know you're a soldier
But where do you go when your eyes glaze over?
I wish I could travel through time
Find that child, guard her door
I would sit on the floor outside her room till morning
I wish I could travel through time
Find that child and guard that door
I would sit on the floor outside that room till morning
It's not the whole story, it's not even the beginning
It's just one thread in a tapestry
But If you pull at it long enough, the bigger picture unravels
And everything feels like catastrophe
Still, we laugh all the time, it's good for the pain
Put our hearts into climbing this mountain together
Now we're high enough to start enjoying the view
But the shadows down below are getting closer every second
Good thing you're as tough as they make 'em
You got it from the people you came from
Remember, when you feel like you can't keep hold
You're an old soul, gold, and you will not fold
Some nights you wait forever
You're sure you can't take the pressure
But when the dark feels like it will never lift
That's when the sky grows pale and the morning lives
I wish I could travel through time
Find that child, guard that door
I would sit on the floor outside that room till morning
I wish I could travel through time
Find that child, guard that door
I would sit on the floor outside your room till morning
One in four, is it a surprise?
How many of the people in your life have this bitter, little bit of grit, stinging in their eyes?
And they do grow up, and they thrive
It ain't the boogey man or a stranger in the park
It's a friend of the family, it's a relative you're staying with
If that's too hard to think of, too dark
What about the people who are living every day with it?
When the past is a dirty swamp
Full of shapes you can't look at square on
Keep going, I know what's in your mind when you lose your words
And start shrinking through space like you don't deserve to exist
Wounds too wild to tame
For what it's worth, I understand shame
You kiss mine to dust
I just hope I can do the same
We can, we can travel through time
We can find that child, we can guard her door
We can sit on the floor outside that room till morning
We can, we can travel through time
We can find that child, we can guard her door
We can sit on the floor outside her room together till morning
We dance in the crater it left
All day long I can hear you singing
But I wake in the night and hear you catching your breath
Six months now, you've barely slept
I wonder how many others are stuck on the same map
Survivors built in the hidden depths
Survivors guilt like an empty trap
Every day of your life is a victory lap
I'm proud to be running it with you
When you get lost in flashbacks, I miss you
I'm picking up the slack but my hands are slipping
It was the worst betrayal
Resurfacing now that your life is stable
I know you're a soldier
But where do you go when your eyes glaze over?
I wish I could travel through time
Find that child, guard her door
I would sit on the floor outside her room till morning
I wish I could travel through time
Find that child and guard that door
I would sit on the floor outside that room till morning
It's not the whole story, it's not even the beginning
It's just one thread in a tapestry
But If you pull at it long enough, the bigger picture unravels
And everything feels like catastrophe
Still, we laugh all the time, it's good for the pain
Put our hearts into climbing this mountain together
Now we're high enough to start enjoying the view
But the shadows down below are getting closer every second
Good thing you're as tough as they make 'em
You got it from the people you came from
Remember, when you feel like you can't keep hold
You're an old soul, gold, and you will not fold
Some nights you wait forever
You're sure you can't take the pressure
But when the dark feels like it will never lift
That's when the sky grows pale and the morning lives
I wish I could travel through time
Find that child, guard that door
I would sit on the floor outside that room till morning
I wish I could travel through time
Find that child, guard that door
I would sit on the floor outside your room till morning
One in four, is it a surprise?
How many of the people in your life have this bitter, little bit of grit, stinging in their eyes?
And they do grow up, and they thrive
It ain't the boogey man or a stranger in the park
It's a friend of the family, it's a relative you're staying with
If that's too hard to think of, too dark
What about the people who are living every day with it?
When the past is a dirty swamp
Full of shapes you can't look at square on
Keep going, I know what's in your mind when you lose your words
And start shrinking through space like you don't deserve to exist
Wounds too wild to tame
For what it's worth, I understand shame
You kiss mine to dust
I just hope I can do the same
We can, we can travel through time
We can find that child, we can guard her door
We can sit on the floor outside that room till morning
We can, we can travel through time
We can find that child, we can guard her door
We can sit on the floor outside her room together till morning
