Faith
[Verse 1]
A "T" in the dunes, water-starved but soaked in sweat
The blood of the condemned spilling its way onto cement
Searching far and wide for a way for you to repent
Forever serving your sentence with the dead
Sharing pain with the petals of the rose
We watched the figures of the deformed embryos
As I stood by and watched my body decompose
But now I'm the only one who doesn't know
[Chorus 1]
I never believed in all the rumors and the hearsay through the vine
That when you crush all the grapes, they'll someday ferment into wine
Now all the sands in the desert will spin me around, blowing me down
To my hands and knees on the ground
[Verse 2]
And the town crier said to all who would hear
"Come one come all, and have no fear"
But I just stayed inside a single tear
And ignored the warnings of the seer
As I watched the fires burn on the hill
He shouted for everyone to just sit still
And close their eyes, and wait until the epitaphs were pressed at the stone mill
[Chorus 2]
We saw the message written on the napkin through the mirror's eye
Small and pleading, it read, "am I who am i?"
I'll always question the growing sea of faces in this cup of infidelity
But as he turned the pages in the book, there was no end to the names that the paper took
[Bridge]
(Am I, who am I?)
((I sing this hymn hoping things'll change
Cause I'm too afraid to say it to your face
I sing this hymn in hopes you'll stay
And be my cover from the rain))
[Chorus 3]
All my life I never believed, now look at me
I'm 19 and I'm sinking like a stone in the sea
I never prayed, and I never repent
Cause no one's coming to die for my sins again
I can't blame the sky for not promising rain
On the hottest nights without her loving name
Cause it's all my fault, it's all the same
(I am who I am)
[End]
The buds ascend into the heavens, their prayers gone unheard
So I put my Faith into a four letter word...
A "T" in the dunes, water-starved but soaked in sweat
The blood of the condemned spilling its way onto cement
Searching far and wide for a way for you to repent
Forever serving your sentence with the dead
Sharing pain with the petals of the rose
We watched the figures of the deformed embryos
As I stood by and watched my body decompose
But now I'm the only one who doesn't know
[Chorus 1]
I never believed in all the rumors and the hearsay through the vine
That when you crush all the grapes, they'll someday ferment into wine
Now all the sands in the desert will spin me around, blowing me down
To my hands and knees on the ground
[Verse 2]
And the town crier said to all who would hear
"Come one come all, and have no fear"
But I just stayed inside a single tear
And ignored the warnings of the seer
As I watched the fires burn on the hill
He shouted for everyone to just sit still
And close their eyes, and wait until the epitaphs were pressed at the stone mill
[Chorus 2]
We saw the message written on the napkin through the mirror's eye
Small and pleading, it read, "am I who am i?"
I'll always question the growing sea of faces in this cup of infidelity
But as he turned the pages in the book, there was no end to the names that the paper took
[Bridge]
(Am I, who am I?)
((I sing this hymn hoping things'll change
Cause I'm too afraid to say it to your face
I sing this hymn in hopes you'll stay
And be my cover from the rain))
[Chorus 3]
All my life I never believed, now look at me
I'm 19 and I'm sinking like a stone in the sea
I never prayed, and I never repent
Cause no one's coming to die for my sins again
I can't blame the sky for not promising rain
On the hottest nights without her loving name
Cause it's all my fault, it's all the same
(I am who I am)
[End]
The buds ascend into the heavens, their prayers gone unheard
So I put my Faith into a four letter word...