There’s a smell in the air that don’t leave your clothes
Thoughts running through my head that I can’t control
We stood in the silence, nothing left to say
Watching memories start to fade
I held my breath as my world crumbled down
Hoping there’d be something left when the fire burned out
But the fire took the house
And the fire took the proof
Of everything we built of all we’ve been through
Yeah the smoke filled the sky
But when the dust had settled
There was something lying in the ash
Your Word was the one thing
That the fire couldn’t have
I found it where the hallway fell
Half-buried underneath the smell
Blackened edges, broken spine
I wiped the cover, read one line
I can’t quote the verse today
Just know it met me in that place
’cause the fire took the house
And the fire took the proof
Of everything we built of all we’ve been through
Yeah the smoke filled the sky
But when the dust had settled
There was something lying in the ash
Your Word was the one thing
That the fire couldn’t have
Ashes on our knees, tears on the ground
Faith feels fragile, but it ain’t burned down
Yeah the fire took the house
But it didn’t take the truth
Didn’t take the cross
Didn’t take the proof
That You’re still God in the middle of loss
Still writing stories from the ash
Your Word was the one thing
That the fire couldn’t have