From the recording Miles Apart, Standin' Still
Before The World Wakes Up
“Before The World Wakes Up” is about that brief, sacred kind of peace that belongs to the earliest part of the morning.
This song lives on a country porch at first light, before the engines, headlines, chores, gravel dust, and rush of the day begin. It is coffee in hand, cool morning air, a half-awake soul, cattle calling down the line, dew on the grass, and a sky slowly turning from dark to gold.
There is humor and plainspoken honesty in the song, but underneath it is something deeply peaceful: the feeling of being completely unguarded, unhurried, and at home in your own skin. It captures a moment you cannot hold onto for long, but somehow it gives you back to yourself while it lasts.
At its heart, “Before The World Wakes Up” is about the quiet freedom of country life, the mercy of morning stillness, and the kind of peace you cannot own or touch, but can still feel all the way down in your soul.
— Lane Alan Dumser
Lyrics
Coffee cup in a quiet hand
In the buff on the porch, mornin’ air
Front porch creakin’ where I stand
Sky just startin’ to turn
From black to a bright burn
No engines hummin’, no gravel dust
That peace is all you trust
Just a little breeze and a half woke soul
Peein’ off the porch, first light around
This ain’t town, in the country, ain’t a soul around
Before the world wakes up
Before the noise and the rush
There’s a moment you can’t make stay
It’ll take your breath away
And yet it shows up anyway
No headlines, no gettin’ ahead
Just the sky turnin’ soft from red
Yeah there’s peace you can’t hold or touch
Before the world wakes up
Gate chain rattles down the line
One old heifer callin’ at first light
Dew on the grass and the fence post wire
Fields catch gold like a slow-burn fire
Ain’t nothin’ here that’s in a race
Time don’t matter in this place
Boots hit dirt but I don’t rush in
Just watchin’ where the day begins
Before the world wakes up
Before the noise and the rush
There’s a moment you can’t make stay
It’ll take your breath away
And yet it shows up anyway
No headlines, no gettin’ ahead
Just the sky turnin’ soft from red
Yeah there’s peace you can’t hold or touch
Before the world wakes up
It don’t last and it don’t pretend
But it gives you back yourself again
Before the world wakes up
Before the noise and the rush
There’s a moment you can’t make stay
It’ll take your breath away
And yet it shows up anyway
No headlines, no gettin’ ahead
Just the sky turnin’ soft from red
Yeah there’s peace you can’t hold or touch
And it’s enough… before the world wakes up