[Intro]
Piano in the dark
Candle in a glass
Dust on every psalm
Breath that will not pass
[Verse 1]
Male:
I wore the white
Too tight on a bleeding heart
Counted my flaws
Like beads on a broken chain
Knelt in the back
Afraid of my own reflection
Saying the words
But feeling the quiet shame
[Verse 2]
Female:
I drank the wine
Too fast for a hungry soul
Hiding my hands
In folds of a borrowed robe
Sang every line
Afraid of the silent spaces
Chasing a halo
Afraid of the letting go
[Pre-Chorus]
Both:
If grace is fire
Let it burn through
All the masks
We nailed to truth
[Chorus]
Choir + Both:
Saints are sinners
Sinners are saints
Every stained-glass story
Painted over pain
Hands are shaking
Reaching for change
Heaven hears the broken
Calling out their names
Saints are sinners
You and I the same
[Verse 3]
Male:
I broke the law
I made my own commandments
Worshiped my pride
Till it left me on my knees
Female:
I hid my doubt
Behind careful holy habits
Both:
Till every whispered prayer
Turned into a strangled plea
[Pre-Chorus]
Both:
If faith is fire
Let it blaze through
Every lie
We called it truth
[Chorus]
Choir + Both:
Saints are sinners
Sinners are saints
Every stained-glass story
Painted over pain
Hands are shaking
Reaching for change
Heaven hears the broken
Calling out their names
Saints are sinners
You and I the same
[Bridge]
[Choir rises
Drums build
Violin soaring]
Male:
Blessed are the bruised
Female:
Blessed are the blamed
Both:
Blessed are the ones
Too tired to hide their shame
Male:
Lay your burden down
At the altar of your scars
Female:
Love is not afraid
Of the damage in our hearts
Both:
We are the choir
Of the cracked and the chained
Singing out together
We can be remade
[Chorus]
Choir + Both:
Saints are sinners
Sinners are saints
Every stained-glass story
Painted over pain
Hands are shaking
Reaching for change
Heaven hears the broken
Calling out their names
Saints are sinners
Sinners made saints
Love writes our ending
Over every stain
[Outro]
Piano on the ash
Violin in tears
Choir in a whisper
(We are carried, we are carried)
Till the silence clears