An Early Deliverer

[Verse 1]

The city is sleeping, the streets are so still,

My footsteps carry me on through the chill.

The streetlights are watching the night fade away,

While the world on my route is asleep, meant to stay.

The weight of the morning is heavy to bear,

But the dark is receding, and dawn's in the air.

[Chorus]

The steps of the early deliverer,

Before the new day has a chance to begin.

From door to door in the quiet of night,

There is peace in the very first glimmer of light.

Though the winds may be biting and bitter the cold,

I keep the true destination I hold:

When the route is completed and work is all done,

I'll go back to my love with the rising sun.

[Verse 2]

Up the familiar stairs I ascend,

In the dark shadows the deep night will send.

Paper by paper, I quietly share,

Waiting for life to awake in the air.

The weight in my bag is now slipping away,

Bringing the hope of a brand new day.

[Pre-Chorus]

My pace remains steady, the sky turns to pale,

My thoughts wander home, down a comforting trail.

[Chorus]

The steps of the early deliverer,

Before the new day has a chance to begin.

From door to door in the quiet of night,

There is peace in the very first glimmer of light.

Though the winds may be biting and bitter the cold,

I keep the true destination I hold:

When the route is completed and work is all done,

I'll go back to my love with the rising sun.

[Bridge]

Just a few doors to go, and I will be free,

This quiet old city belongs just to me.

You are still sleeping, but I'm on my way,

As the light hits the trees at the break of the day.

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

The steps of the early deliverer,

Before the new day has a chance to begin.

From door to door in the quiet of night,

There is peace in the very first glimmer of light.

Though the winds may be biting and bitter the cold,

I keep the true destination I hold:

When the route is completed and work is all done,

I'll go back to my love with the rising sun.

[Outro]

The very last letter, a morning brand new.

Footsteps lead home, and the silence falls through.

Silence...