Borrowed Daylight

[Verse 1 — theatrical piano]
I polished Seven Macaw's golden light
Kept all the jewels burning bright
A thousand colors filled the air
You found one faded feather there

[Pre-Chorus — stacked vocals]
My own dawn waits behind the hill
I keep your borrowed daylight still

[Chorus — explosive harmonies]
Shine! Shine! The beautiful lie!
Another false sun in the sky
I give you brilliance, give you gold
You find the one light growing cold
I'd strip the feathers from the throne
Let morning find me on my own
But children gather in this glow
And where they'd turn, I do not know
(Shine, shine, shine for you)

[Verse 2 — syncopated bass]
You call the darkness my mistake
I fake a sunrise for your sake

[Bridge — sparse piano]
The real sun doesn't need my hands
It rises over distant lands
Could I stop feeding borrowed fire
And finally follow my desire?

[Outro — falsetto choir]
One turquoise jewel falls from the crown
The sun I made keeps burning down