ALTAR

I carved your name into my spine A sacred mark, a grand design You are the wound I cannot heal The truth I'm too afraid to feel I built a temple from my bones And laid my soul upon the stones You walked inside and took the throne And left me standing all alone You are the god I never knew The one who makes me feel brand new And I am nothing but the dust That settles in your holy trust I am the altar, you are the knife Take every piece of my broken life I am the sacrifice, I am the sin Let your holy darkness pull me in I am the altar, you are the flame Burning my soul in your sacred name I am the altar, I am the vow Take me apart and show me how You are the poison in my veins The sweetness that becomes the pain I drink you down like holy wine And lose myself in your design Your voice is thunder in my head A hymn that raises up the dead And though you tear me from the light I'll follow you into the night You are the god I never knew The one who makes me feel brand new And I am nothing but the dust That settles in your holy trust I am the altar, you are the knife Take every piece of my broken life I am the sacrifice, I am the sin Let your holy darkness pull me in I am the altar, you are the flame Burning my soul in your sacred name I am the altar, I am the vow Take me apart and show me how