I Am No God, An Effigy

Look past the horizon, summer's in your hands
I feel it searing, maundering, its wrapped, skin on my palms

I look, keep away, run
Running now, running, fearing

Living grasps me, but loving me tears me

I'm standing there expectantly
This feeling, here, it burns through need
As all my hurt embeds on me
I am no God, an effigy

I'm left in rain, I'm left behind, I'm left alone to fend for light
These embers are what's left of me
I am no God, I am an effigy

I turn towards (I turn towards)
To see myself (to see myself)
To lock my eyes (to lock my eyes)
To love and love

And I kept turning, and turning
And turning, and turning

Still holding on, still grasping pain
I gather all that I am, lathed
The spirit of my ecstasy is lost, burned, gone, wasted on me

I'd beg for love, I'd beg for light, and get myself instead for life
I am no God
I am no God, I am an effigy