Ashes

(Verse)

Out on a flatline Texas sky

Wooden walls and a prophecy

Static hum on a late-night dial

Promises burning quietly

He spoke in riddles, book in hand

Seven seals and gasoline

Heaven hanging by a thread

Between the truth and kerosene

(Verse)

Children drawing on chapel floors

Sermons thick as summer heat

Outside lines in armored rows

Inside hearts that skipped a beat

Radio prayers and headlines scream

Truth gets tangled in between

Somewhere in that fever dream

Faith was thinner than it seemed

(Pre-Chorus)

Blind faith in a plywood tower

Dust and doubt in every room

Whispers turning into power

Flowers blooming into gloom

(Chorus)

We were waiting for a sign in the smoke

Watching angels turn to crows

We were calling out a holy name

But it echoed back in flames

(Verse)

Static on the TV glow

Crucified on the six o’clock news

Somewhere truth got buried low

Under ashes and abused

No saints rise from gasoline

No kingdom carved from fear

Just a scar where faith had been

And silence ringing clear

(Chorus)

We were waiting for a sign in the smoke

Watching angels turn to crows

We were calling out a holy name

But it echoed back in flames

(Chorus)

We were waiting for a sign in the smoke

Watching angels turn to crows

We were calling out a holy name

But it echoed back in flames