[Intro]
[Organ drone rising
Guitar feedback swells]
Voices in the sand
Dust on my hands
Sky on fire
Name in the wind
[Verse 1]
I heard a whisper in the heat
“Leave your father’s house
Your street”
Pack your fear
Let it fall
Walk where I call
That’s all
Stars spilling silver on my face
“Count them if you can
That’s your place”
Every breath
Every child
Every line
Written in a promise outside time
[Chorus]
These are the words of Abraham
“I will go where I don’t understand”
Build an altar on the broken ground
Lay it all down
Lay it all down
These are the words of Abraham
“I believe with an empty hand”
Fire in my chest
Face to the sand
Lay it all down
Lay it all down
[Verse 2]
Laughter in a tent at night
Too old for a cradle
Too tired to fight
But the wind said
“Listen
Don’t you grin”
“Next year
Life is stepping in”
Knife in the air
Son on the stone
Heart beating louder than the bone
Voice like thunder through the flood
“Don’t you touch him
I’ll give the blood”
[Chorus]
These are the words of Abraham
“I will go where I don’t understand”
Build an altar on the broken ground
Lay it all down
Lay it all down
These are the words of Abraham
“I believe with an empty hand”
Fire in my chest
Face to the sand
Lay it all down
Lay it all down
[Bridge]
“Here I am” in the burning air (oh yeah)
“Here I am” with nothing there
“Here I am” through the fear and flame
Call my name
Call my name
Call my name
[Chorus]
These are the words of Abraham
“I will go where I don’t understand”
Build an altar on the broken ground
Lay it all down
Lay it all down
These are the words of Abraham
“I believe with an empty hand”
Fire in my chest
Face to the sand
Lay it all down
Lay it all down
[Outro]
[Organ and fuzz guitar spiral outward
Drums fall away]
Lay it all down
Lay it all down
(words of Abraham)