The stories behind Sunrise Over St. Jude's

• Soul Vocals and Brass Swells in Take B — Take B elevates the storm narrative into a soulful celebration fueled by brass swells and choir harmonies.
• Holding the Line When the Storm Hits the Substation — Take A tells the story of an overnight biomedical siege through triumphant gospel rock and morning relief.

Lyrics

730 in the morning

The clouds are breaking over the mountain

Look at that sun

Oh, oh,

Golden rays of sunlight hitting through the cell of paint

Melting off the icicles and washing off the strain

The floor was my bucket clean, the tools were put away

Generator one was cooling down in the morning gray

Frank poured the hot coffee from the battered metal pot

Sarah rubbed her swollen knuckles looking at what we got 600

souls upstairs sleeping safe and sound

Not a single bed was lost on this hospital ground

The storm did its worst, it threw down all its might

But love and engineering stood and won the fight

Hear the elevator dig it, hear the morning chat start

The quiet, steady rhythm of

St. Jude's waking heart

The sunrise of St.

Jude's, the siege is done

We made it through the darkness to the golden morning sun

Ten long hours on the battlefield of death

Answering every single frantic midnight prayer

From the flooded basement

To the rooftop ice

We held the line together

And we paid the winner price

Stand up, biomass Lift your coffee high

Sunrise over St. Jude

Shining in the sky

Oh, oh,

And the morning shift came walking through the double swinging doors

Saw our grease stained jackets

And our boots upon the floors

The new lead tech looked around

His jaw fell open wide

How in the world did he all survive

This storm inside Oh,

Frank just smiled Took another easy sip

Just a normal graveyard biomedical trip

He handed them the law book

With every checkmark green

The fire is not a service that this hospital has seen

Sunrise of esteem the siege is done

We made it through the darkness to the golden morning sun

Ten long hours on the battlefield of care

Answering every single frantic midnight prayer

From a flooded basement to the rooftop ice

We held the line together and we paid the winner price

Stand up, biomass,

lift your coffee high

Sunrise over St. Jude's

Shining in the sky

Mmm,

to the Sun,

sun, sun hero

In the basement deep

Guardians of the Prometheans of the promises

Yeah, that human The million's key

We work in the shadows

So life can see the light I can't see your

light

Sunrise of Westie to the siege is done

We made it through the darkness to the golden morning sun

Ten long hours on the battlefield of care

Every single frantic midnight prayer

From the flooded basement to the rooftop ice

We held the line together and we paid the winner price

Stand up, pile your bags, lift your coffee high

Sunrise over St. Jude

Shining in the sky

Shift change complete

Clocking out

Good morning world

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh