[Title: House of Sand]
[Style: Indie-Folk], [Acoustic Gospel], [Confessional], [Storytelling], [Sober], [Empowerment]
[Instrumentation: Acoustic Guitar (strummed), Gospel Piano, Stomping Kick Drum, Haunting Cello, Stomp-Clap]
(Music Starts: A single acoustic guitar, a steady, gritty strum. A simple, gospel-inflected piano chord. A slow, heavy kick drum starts, like a heartbeat.)
(Verse 1)
[Music Tag: Confessional, close-mic'd vocal]
You told me "pray," you told me "push,"
You spoke in riddles, in a rush
Of spiritual advice, a guide,
With a vague "hangout" on the side.
The Word is clear, a lamp, a light,
It says "Let 'Yes' be 'Yes' at night,"
(Ad-lib: But that's not what you said...)
And let your 'No' be 'No' in day.
But that's not what you choose to say.
(Chorus)
[Music Tag: Builds. Cello swells. Stomp-clap rhythm.]
You build a house upon the sand
(Ad-lib: Matthew 7...)
A thing I'll never understand
You talk of God, but I can't see
A God of such anxiety.
You build a house upon the sand
And I can't stay here, I can't stand
My peace cannot be found in you
It's found in what is firm and true.
(Verse 2)
[Music Tag: Vocal is stronger, more frustrated]
"Above all else, guard your heart,"
(Ad-lib: Proverbs 4:23...)
But I just let you take it apart.
I shared my screen, I shared my doubt,
I let my inner feelings out.
I said "I like you," plain and true,
A door I opened up to you.
You asked of other men I knew,
And so my own confusion grew.
Was I your sister? Friend? Or more?
You never showed me what's in store.
(Chorus)
[Music Tag: Builds. Cello swells. Stomp-clap rhythm.]
You build a house upon the sand
(Ad-lib: Matthew 7...)
A thing I'll never understand
You talk of God, but I can't see
A God of such anxiety.
You build a house upon the sand
And I can't stay here, I can't stand
My peace cannot be found in you
It's found in what is firm and true.
(Bridge)
[Music Tag: Music drops, just piano and vocal. Intense, building.]
And then the shift... the sudden chill,
My "other date" just made time still.
A wall went up, a quick retreat...
A game I didn't know how to beat.
Now silence is your one reply,
A cold and final, "You won't hear from me."
(Final Chorus - A full "Testimony" belt)
[Music Tag: Music EXPLODES. Full vocals, harmonies, stomping.]
You build a house upon the sand!
A thing I finally understand!
You talk of God, but now I see
A God of stress and anxiety!
(Ad-lib: 1 Corinthians! Not of this!)
You build a house upon the sand!
And I won't stay here, I won't stand!
My peace cannot be found in you;
It's found in what is firm and true!
(Outro)
[Music Tag: Fades out. Acoustic guitar and piano.]
So I must choose... to let this go...
And "be still," so my heart can know...
That God is not a God of stress...
Or of this tangled, human mess.
Eyepiercinglove.
(Music ends on a final, resolved piano chord.)
Eyepiercinglove
