Wide Awake

Verse 1

The leader lifts the glowing stone,

Its light cuts forward, clean and known.

I fall in line the way I do,

One step behind, still watching you.

Verse 2

We travel when the dark is near,

When heat lets go and fear is clear.

The moon comes low and finds your face,

I slow my step to keep my place.

Chorus

I won’t walk first, I won’t fall back,

I’ll hold the line, stay on the track.

But something in me wants to break

And walk beside you, wide awake.

Verse 3

By day we rest with packs in shade,

The stone goes dim, the light obeyed.

You lie ahead, not close enough,

The ground still hard, the road still rough.

Chorus

I won’t walk first, I won’t fall back,

I’ll hold the line, stay on the track.

But something in me wants to break

And walk beside you, wide awake.

Bridge

When daylight comes and sleep takes hold,

I walk the road my dreams unfold.

Your hand in mine—I almost stay.

But no.

I wake as daylight slips away,

And take again my waking place.

Final Chorus

So I’ll stay here and match the line,

One step behind you, every time.

I never speak, I never call,

But wanting you outshines it all.

Outro

The stone lifts high, the dark draws near,

I walk behind and keep you near.