[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.)