The Fading Light “In the Morning”
This is a song I wrote about someone in my life who would constantly disparage themselves, they would always seek assurance that I thought they were pretty, always refer to themselves as ugly, and even give me push back when I said I thought they were beautiful.
It was frustrating, to say the least, to try to express to someone that you think they’re wonderful only to be met with a lack of
self-appreciation every time. I wrote this song to try to express that when I say “you’re beautiful”, I’m not talking about how you look today.-Josh Doran
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You’re far too hard on yourself
When you look in the mirror
Because every time your eyes meet mine
Everything is so much clearer
And I don’t understand what to do or say
To make you feel any better
So I sit here undecided
While I’m writing you this letter
And you’ll try to deny it but you’re wrong
Because I can’t take my eyes off your sleeping smile
In the morning
When I wake up
And the sun is shining on your face
Before the makeup
And the pretty clothes
Before your hair is done
I can see you sleeping soundly
You lay there just like you were made
And you don’t know
How beautiful you are
How beautiful you are to me
So maybe if I described it
In some poetic way
I could elicit some reaction
The summer blue sky and the green earth have nothing on you honey
But still I sense dissatisfaction
And I’ve never been so frustrated
Every day I tell you that you’ve made it
But you’re still unreceptive
So tell me what am I supposed to do?
I need to find a better way to get through to you
So I wrote this melody to give you some perspective
If there’s a doubt left in your head then you’re so wrong
Because I can’t take my eyes off your sleeping smile
In the morning
When I wake up
And the sun is shining on your face
Before the makeup
And the pretty clothes
Before your hair is done
I can see you sleeping soundly
You lay there just like you were made
And you don’t know
How beautiful you are
How beautiful you are to me
If only I could make you see
Everything you mean to me
If only I could open up your mind
And make you see yourself through my eyes
In the light of every sunrise
In the morning
When I wake up
And the sun is shining on your face
Before the makeup
And the pretty clothes
Before your hair is done
I can see you sleeping soundly
You lay there just like you were made
And you don’t know
How beautiful you are
How beautiful you are to me
