Illusion Of The World

Smoke in my lungs
Names on the stone
Rain on my tongue
I buried a ring
Beside every word I never could sing
Silent rooms
Chairs still set like they're waiting for you
I hold my breath
Listening hard for a voice that never answers

Every memory
Cuts through me like steel
Even my shadow
Forgets how to feel

Is this all just the illusion of the world
Shattered glass
All the stories that we told
Pain screams loud like it's the only truth we know
But Your love stands in the fire
Saying child
Come home
True love never leaves
Never throws me to the storm
Arms wide in the ruins
Calling my heart back home

Ash on my skin
I walk through the echoes of what we've been
War in my chest
All of my doubts marching
Never at rest
Why did they go
Why did You let every good thing fall?
I raise my fists
Then I feel Your hands catching my wrists

Every why me
Falls hard at Your feet
I am so flawed
Yet You don't retreat

I lost my blood
I lost my friend
I lost the warmth
I lost my strength
I lost myself
In the dark
In the noise
But I never
I never
I never lost Your voice

You are the Lord
The Most High
The Divine
Over my ruin
Over my mind
Your love does not abandon
Your love does not accuse
It wraps these broken pieces
Says
I still choose you