Witness
From Grace & Grit
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About the Song
“Witness” is a slow, hypnotic country track where the narrator longs to see the moment creation began. With cosmic imagery and a calm, conversational vocal, the song feels reverent and awestruck—like witnessing the universe unfold one sunrise at a time.
Song Details
- Album
- Grace & Grit
- Track
- 16
- Release Date
- September 18, 2026
- Runtime
- 04:05
- Genre
- Modern Country
- Influences
- Country Pop, Ambient/Cinematic Country, Slow Country Groove
- Mood
- This record is awe-struck, mysterious, reverent, calm, hypnotic, and wonder-filled.
- Themes
- Themes include creation and origins, humility, longing to witness something holy, silence before existence, spiritual wonder, and time and longing.
- BPM
- 77
- Time Signature
- 4/4
Lyrics
Pulled this truck off on a nowhere shoulder
Just me and a sky full of burnin' stars
Makes a man feel smaller than a grain of sand
Wonderin' where forever starts
I read those words a hundred different times
But tonight they hit a little different
Tryin' to wrap my mind around the sound
Of the silence just before existence
I close my eyes and I can almost see it
Like a memory I never lived
If I coulda had just one minute
Just one minute
If He let there be just one witness
Just one witness
I know it ain't none of my business
Not my business
I'd give anything just to witness
Just to witness
(Witness)
The first sunrise
(Witness)
The stars catch fire
(Witness)
The dark back down
(Witness)
The land carved out
I just wanna witness
Watch the water find the edge of the shoreline
Mountains stand where there was only air
Every bird takin' its first flight into forever
Like nothin' ever knew what fear was there
Then dust stands up and starts breathin'
Eyes open for the very first time
Can you imagine that first mornin'
When he made it all align
I close my eyes and I can almost see it
Like a place my soul remembers
If I coulda had just one minute
Just one minute
If He let there be just one witness
Just one witness
I know it ain't none of my business
Not my business
I'd give anything just to witness
Just to witness
(Witness)
The first sunrise
(Witness)
The stars catch fire
(Witness)
The dark back down
(Witness)
The land carved out
I just wanna witness
Before the question
Before the shame
Before the leaves had someone to blame
Before goodbye was a word we'd know
Before the walk away from home
Final Chorus
If I coulda had just one minute
Just one minute
If He let there be just one witness
Just one witness
I know it ain't none of my business
Not my business
I'd give anything just to witness
Just to witness
(Witness)
The first sunrise
(Witness)
The stars catch fire
(Witness)
The dark back down
(Witness)
The garden in bloom
I just wanna witness
Just me and a sky full of burnin' stars
Makes a man feel smaller than a grain of sand
Wonderin' where forever starts
I read those words a hundred different times
But tonight they hit a little different
Tryin' to wrap my mind around the sound
Of the silence just before existence
I close my eyes and I can almost see it
Like a memory I never lived
If I coulda had just one minute
Just one minute
If He let there be just one witness
Just one witness
I know it ain't none of my business
Not my business
I'd give anything just to witness
Just to witness
(Witness)
The first sunrise
(Witness)
The stars catch fire
(Witness)
The dark back down
(Witness)
The land carved out
I just wanna witness
Watch the water find the edge of the shoreline
Mountains stand where there was only air
Every bird takin' its first flight into forever
Like nothin' ever knew what fear was there
Then dust stands up and starts breathin'
Eyes open for the very first time
Can you imagine that first mornin'
When he made it all align
I close my eyes and I can almost see it
Like a place my soul remembers
If I coulda had just one minute
Just one minute
If He let there be just one witness
Just one witness
I know it ain't none of my business
Not my business
I'd give anything just to witness
Just to witness
(Witness)
The first sunrise
(Witness)
The stars catch fire
(Witness)
The dark back down
(Witness)
The land carved out
I just wanna witness
Before the question
Before the shame
Before the leaves had someone to blame
Before goodbye was a word we'd know
Before the walk away from home
Final Chorus
If I coulda had just one minute
Just one minute
If He let there be just one witness
Just one witness
I know it ain't none of my business
Not my business
I'd give anything just to witness
Just to witness
(Witness)
The first sunrise
(Witness)
The stars catch fire
(Witness)
The dark back down
(Witness)
The garden in bloom
I just wanna witness