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[Intro]
G — Em — C — D
[Verse 1]
G
No one writes a comfort book this cold,
Em
Where narrow paths are lined with iron and bone,
C
Where gardens sweat and sons cry out in vain,
D
And love means walking straight into the flame.
[Pre-Chorus]
Em — C
I didn’t come here looking to believe,
G — D
I came because the evidence won’t leave.
[Chorus]
G
We are glorious ruins,
Em
Made in the image, cracked at the core,
C
Neither the darkness nor the light alone
D — G
Can explain what we’re reaching for.
Em
Every other ladder asks you climb,
C
This one was lowered — here, to the ground.
D — G
If the stone was rolled, then nothing else matters.
C — D — G
If it wasn’t, none of this is found.
[Verse 2]
G
A lamb in Egypt, a servant bruised in verse,
Em
Seven centuries before the hammer’s curse —
C
Too precise for legend, too early for a lie,
D
Too specific for the fog of prophets’ eyes.
[Pre-Chorus]
Em — C
And Peter went to his cross upside down,
G — D
James turned a skeptic’s silence into sound.
[Chorus]
G
We are glorious ruins,
Em
Made in the image, cracked at the core,
C
Neither the darkness nor the light alone
D — G
Can explain what we’re reaching for.
Em
Every other ladder asks you climb,
C
This one was lowered — here, to the ground.
D — G
If the stone was rolled, then nothing else matters.
C — D — G
If it wasn’t, none of this is found.
[Bridge]
Am
What makes sense of Bach and genocide?
C
A child laughing, a child left to die?
Em
The secular can’t hold both at once —
D
Only broken glory answers why.
Am
I won’t pretend the suffering is solved,
C
Or that the exclusions sit clean on the shelf,
Em
But no worldview carries more of the weight —
D — Dsus4 — D
He entered the darkness, He went there Himself.
[Final Chorus — full band, swell]
G
We are glorious ruins,
Em
Made in the image, cracked at the core,
C
Neither the darkness nor the light alone
D — G
Can explain what we’re reaching for.
Em
Every other ladder asks you climb,
C
This one was lowered — here, to the ground.
D — G
If the stone was rolled, then nothing else matters.
C — D — G
If it wasn’t, none of this is found.
[Outro]
G — Em — C — D (repeat, fade)
”…beautiful and broken. Beautiful and broken.” (spoken/whispered)
Production Notes:
∙ Intro/Verses: Solo fingerpicked acoustic guitar, barely-there piano
∙ Chorus: Cello enters, brushed snare
∙ Bridge: Strip back to voice + single piano note
∙ Final Chorus: Full band crash — electric guitar shimmer, low organ, bass, full drums
∙ Tempo: ~62 BPM — deliberate, unhurried
Details
GeneratedMar 9, 2026
Duration4:19
LanguageEnglish
Style
Cinematic Folk / Indie Gospel — fingerpicked acoustic guitar, sparse piano, cello, brushed drums., male
Credits
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