Dawn Patrol

This track comes from pure ambition — the boss-mode mindset that builds empires before breakfast. It tackles The beautiful sadness of watching someone sleep as the first light of dawn arrives, knowing the night is ending. The lyrics get specific — "Dawn patrol, that's what the Navy called the first watch after dark" — because personal tracks on Majik's are personal for real, not performatively. The inspirational production matches the energy of the confession. It hits triumphant and earned, in that order. Every personal track in the catalogue comes from a real moment, a real feeling, a real person. This one is no exception.

[verse 1] The screen says five-forty-seven and the sky says orange outside I made it through another midnight on the other side Of every doubt that knocked at three, every fear at four And now the dawn is sliding gold beneath my door Dawn patrol, that's what the Navy called the first watch after dark The ones who made it through the night have earned a different mark A tiredness that tastes like triumph, sore but standing tall I survived the midnight and I didn't let it fall [chorus] Dawn patrol, the morning belongs to me I earned this sunrise with my sleepless energy Dawn patrol, the early birds were sleeping through But I was building something they're about to wake up to The night shift of the dream shift, the graveyard of the grind Dawn patrol is for the ones who leave the safe behind [verse 2] I step outside, the Folly Beach air hits my face Cold and salty, like the ocean knows my place Is right here on the edge between the night and the new day Between the man who started yesterday and the one who'll stay Up long enough to see it all connect and make some sense The midnight motivation and the morning's recompense The surfers are already paddling out to meet the light And I'm already paddling out beyond last night [chorus] Dawn patrol, the morning belongs to me I earned this sunrise with my sleepless energy Dawn patrol, the early birds were sleeping through But I was building something they're about to wake up to [bridge] There's something holy about making it to dawn About standing in the light with your armor fully on Battered, caffeinated, half-delirious but alive Knowing that the things you built between midnight and five Are real, are solid, are existing in the world Because you didn't stop when exhaustion unfurled [verse 3] So dawn patrol, I'll take this watch one more time The sunrise and the ship-out and the code and the rhyme OG Unicorn at daybreak, still unconventional as ever Midnight motivation got me here, but morning lasts forever [outro] Good morning, world I built something while you slept Dawn patrol, signing off Until tonight