Ashes into Kingdom

[Intro]
Soft lights, quiet room, heart on my knees.
Yahweh… I’m not worthy, but I’m listening.

[Verse 1]
We were dust with a pulse, chasing shadows for a crown,
Trading truth for a thrill every time it went down.
We drank from wells that were poisoned with pride,
Seven sins in our veins, nowhere to hide.

We built our towers with trembling hands,
Thought we were kings over broken lands.
Every desire turned into a chain,
Every rebellion baptized in pain.

Without You we’re drifting, condemned by choice,
Echoes of Eden in a fractured voice.
Justice is holy, and we fall short,
No argument strong, no clever retort.

[Pre-Chorus]
If the wages of sin is death in the night,
Then we were born owing more than we could fight.
But mercy spoke where wrath could stand,
And heaven reached down with nail-scarred hands.

[Chorus]
Yeshua, Lamb and Teacher,
Wisdom wrapped in flesh and light.
Blood became the holy pathway,
Tore the veil that blocked our sight.
Yahweh, I was cursed creation,
Ashamed to lift these weary eyes.
Yet through the cross You called me chosen,
Gave this sinner paradise.

[Verse 2]
You walked among us, humble and worn,
Crowned with thorns though a King was born.
Spoke of the meek and the pure in heart,
While knowing the nails would tear You apart.

Every parable planted a seed in dust,
Teaching love where we planted lust.
Then on that hill where the sky turned dim,
Justice was poured out instead of on them.

Your blood like a river, crimson and wide,
Bridged the chasm our pride denied.
Holy wrath satisfied in pain,
So cursed sons could rise again.

I know what I am without Your grace,
A wandering soul in a lawless place.
But You call my name through guilt and flame,
And I am not the same.

[Bridge]
So I’ll fight like hell through doubt and fear,
Even if the crowd disappears.
If following You means walking alone,
Let the wilderness become my home.

Let pain refine what pride once built,
Let mercy silence every guilt.
I choose the narrow, I choose the cost,
For one true Shepherd when all seems lost.

[Chorus]
Yeshua, Lamb and Teacher,
Wisdom wrapped in flesh and light.
Blood became the holy pathway,
Tore the veil that blocked our sight.
Yahweh, thank You for redemption,
Second chance I don’t deserve.
I was damned, but You forgave me,
Through Your Son my soul preserved.

[Outro]
So here I stand, a rescued heart,
Not by works but sacred art.
Grace rewrote my destiny,
Mercy broke my slavery.

Yahweh, keep me near the flame,
Let my life exalt Your Name.
If I suffer, let it be
Proof of what You’ve done for me.

From dust to hope, from grave to breath,
Yeshua walked through death to death.
Now this sinner dares to sing—
Redeemed to enter Heaven’s King.

Atmospheric R&B gospel ballad with live piano, warm pads, soft 808, choir swells, emotional vocal runs, male