Heaven Doesn’t Answer Back

[Verse 1]
I punched my prayers
Into a ceiling of stone
Every word just
Falls back down like broken teeth
Sunday scars
Still burned into my tongue
All these verses
Never stopped the grief
[Pre-Chorus]
If You’re there
Why am I screaming at the dark?
If You care
Why’s every blessing leave a mark?
[Chorus]
I’m not okay with heaven staying silent
I’m not alright just choking on this dust
If You’re so close then why do I feel distant?
I gave You all of me
(it’s still not enough)
I’m tearing at the sky till my fingers crack
But heaven doesn’t
Heaven doesn’t answer back
[Verse 2]
Cross on my wall
Rust on a crooked nail
Looks like every
Promise that you dropped
I drag my doubts
Like chains around my faith
Every “trust Me”
Feels like being mocked
[Pre-Chorus]
If You see
Why am I bleeding in this room?
If You speak
Why’s every echo just my doom?
[Chorus]
I’m not okay with heaven staying silent
I’m not alright just choking on this dust
If You’re so close then why do I feel distant?
I gave You all of me
(it’s still not enough)
I’m tearing at the sky till my fingers crack
But heaven doesn’t
Heaven doesn’t answer back
[Bridge]
[halftime
Low and tense]
I bit my tongue till the doubts spilled out
I cursed Your name just to feel some sound
If this is faith then I’m breaking it now
(Do You feel it? Do You feel it?)
[full band hits
Screams]
Where were You
When my hope flatlined?
Where were You
When they crossed that line?
If You’re love
Then why this lifeline frayed?
Are You gone?
Or were You never there anyway?
[Chorus]
I’m not okay with heaven staying silent
I’m not alright just choking on this dust
If You’re so close then why do I feel distant?
I gave You all of me
(it’s still not enough)
I’m tearing at the sky till my fingers crack
Begging for a sign
(just one sign back)
But heaven doesn’t
Heaven doesn’t answer back
No
Heaven doesn’t
Heaven doesn’t answer back

rock, Hard emo metal with male vocals: octave-layered, overdriven guitars and tight double-kick drums. Verses stay tense and palm-muted, vocal sitting low and simmering. Pre-chorus opens with climbing chords and roomy toms, then the chorus explodes into soaring cleans over wide, anthemic chords. Screamed call-and-response lines slash through the choruses and bridge, with brief halftime breakdown hits before the final, held-out vocal collapse., wrestling, metal, raw, emo, soaring