[Verse 1] Badge clipped low, bike chain singing Late shift ends where the tunnel's breathing Tube of paint cold in my jacket lining Keys in my fist, and my pulse keeps timing Corner store glare on the wet platform I catch my face in the glass, then it's gone Old wall waiting where the maps got torn Couple dead tags and a crack like a thorn [Pre-Chorus] I don't need much, just a little room One brave line and a borrowed moon If the day was heavy, let it stay back I'm coming through in a fresh track [Chorus] Paint the dawn, paint the dawn Turn that blank wall on Paint the dawn, paint the dawn Make the whole block hum along One more line, one more spark From the underground to the heart Paint the dawn, paint the dawn We can start again at dawn [Verse 2] Train rushes past with a hard wind slap Capsule lights flash, then the dark comes back I shake the can, hear the rattle bite Blue mist blooms in the tunnel night Tag over tag from a hundred hands But I draw my name with a steady hand Little bird face and a wide gold grin Like the future's knocking, let it come in [Pre-Chorus] Crew of one, but I feel that cheer Every empty seat in the station near If the past kept score, let it fade out I'm making room for a new route [Chorus] Paint the dawn, paint the dawn Turn that blank wall on Paint the dawn, paint the dawn Make the whole block hum along One more line, one more spark From the underground to the heart Paint the dawn, paint the dawn We can start again at dawn [Bridge] Hands on the wall, let the color breathe All my old mistakes in the dust beneath I was built for the run, for the late-night miles For the long way home and the crooked smile Now look— the wall ain't gone It just learned my song [Chorus] Paint the dawn, paint the dawn Turn that blank wall on Paint the dawn, paint the dawn Make the whole block hum along One more line, one more spark From the underground to the heart Paint the dawn, paint the dawn We can start again at dawn [Outro] By the first light, it's all right there A bright new face on the station air Paint the dawn, paint the dawn And carry it on Paint the dawn, paint the dawn We can start again at dawn