[Silence]
[Arrangement: Warm, hopeful pop-rock with steady acoustic guitar, soft piano accents, percussion, and a rising chorus that opens into a bright, sunlit feel]
[Intro]
Gray skies fade
(But not for long)
Hold your breath
(Stay strong)
Gray skies fade
(But not for long)
Here we go
(Sing along)
[Verse 1]
The morning comes
(But slowly still)
Hiding light
(Beyond the hill)
We’ve been waiting
(For too long)
For a break
(From the same old song)
Every forecast
(Reads the same)
But still we call it
(By another name)
Hoping somewhere
(Behind the gray)
There’s a reason
(To believe today)
[Chorus]
I, for one…
(Would love to see the sun)
Hey! What do you say…
(Have you had enough gray?)
I, for one…
(Still waiting for the run)
Of light returning
(To everyone)
[Refrain]
No doubt
(It’s been a long drought)
But, can’t it rain at night
(So we can dance in delight)
No doubt
(It’s been a long drought)
But let it shift
(To something bright)
[Verse 2]
The clouds hang heavy
(Like a thought)
Of better weather
(We once sought)
Through the window
(Fogged and worn)
Still we wake up
(To a muted dawn)
But somewhere past
(The breaking blue)
There’s a version
(Of something new)
Where storm and sun
(Don’t always fight)
And even rain
(Feels almost right)
[Bridge]
Maybe change
(Is slow to see)
A quiet hand
(Through history)
But hope survives
(In smaller things)
Like morning light
(That almost sings)
[Instrumental]
[Soft guitar build]
[Piano rise]
[Percussion lift]
[Final Chorus]
I, for one…
(Would love to see the sun)
Hey! What do you say…
(Have you had enough gray?)
I, for one…
(Still waiting for the run)
Of light returning
(To everyone)
[Final Refrain]
No doubt
(It’s been a long drought)
But still I think
(It’s not without)
A turn ahead
(Where skies are spun)
And I, for one…
(Still want the sun)
[Outro]
Gray skies fade
(But not for long)
Hold your breath
(Stay strong)
From the album “Displacement“