Child of the Breaking Dawn

[Verse 1]
Smoke on the horizon
Shadows in the fields
Every prayer unanswered
Every open wound unhealed
Old men close their windows
Young hearts learn to hide
Every story ends in ashes
Every promise dies
[Pre-Chorus]
But under one small rooftop
In a town that has no name
A cry splits through the silence
Like a spark inside the flame
[Chorus]
In the middle of the rising dark
A baby breathes
A fragile heart
Heaven writes His name across the sky
In the quiet of a borrowed room
Love has stepped into the gloom
The Son of God has come and darkness cries
(oh-oh) child of the breaking dawn
[Verse 2]
Kings build higher fences
Fear patrols the streets
Merchants weigh their silver
While the poor forget to speak
Rumors
Wars
And warnings
Thunder in the mind
But hope wears cotton blankets
Hope is small and crying
[Pre-Chorus]
No crown on His forehead
Just a mother’s shaking hands
But every power trembling
Feels the shifting of the land
[Chorus]
In the middle of the rising dark
A baby breathes
A fragile heart
Heaven writes His name across the sky
In the quiet of a borrowed room
Love has stepped into the gloom
The Son of God has come and darkness cries
(yeah) child of the breaking dawn
[Bridge]
Every curse will meet Him
Every chain will break
Every hidden cruelty
Dragged into the day
Every lie that ruled us
Loses where He stands
Tiny hands now reaching
Hold the world in nail-scarred hands
[Chorus]
In the middle of the rising dark
A baby breathes
A blazing heart
Heaven sings His name across the sky
From the quiet of that borrowed room
Light keeps flooding every wound
The Son of God has come and darkness dies
(woah) child of the breaking dawn
(oh) child of the breaking dawn

Epic cinematic gospel-pop hybrid with swelling strings, deep toms, and choirs. Starts intimate on piano and soft male vocals, then builds each section, adding low brass, distant taiko-style hits, and soaring choir in the chorus. Bridge drops to a hush with heartbeat-like pulses, then final chorus erupts with full-band, organ, stacked harmonies, and a long, open vocal ad-lib on the last hook line., world