Before the Dawn

See the man on the corner standing Raises his hand and implores for silence He calls to the sun, he calls to the moon He folds his mind into a distant land But the chaos continues there around the city streets Like the paper that burns it, consumes all The gray and the desperation mingle into tears But the world that is passing can't hear his call So the words that he speaks become the life Held in his calloused hands And given to those who would cry To pull them away from the cold and the rain Take them out of the night into the day Beat now, the hearts that are still And watch as the day passes on Beat now, the hearts that are still Before the dawn comes Beat now, the hearts that are still Rise as the day passes on Beat now, then I'll reveal the place where we belong Watch as in slow motion falling The people return to their innocence A touch of the hand, a sign in the eye As the torrent falls for a moment, they disappear And their bodies are twisted by the mould of their secret lives Desires they would always conceal For a second the numbness falls away Pulse comes to their eyes, out of the night into the day Beat now, the hearts that are still And watch as the day passes on Beat now, the hearts that are still Before the dawn comes Beat now, the hearts that are still Rise as the day passes on Beat now, then I'll reveal the place where we belong