[Intro]
Ash on the air
Stones in the square
Harps on the willow branches
Silent there (oh…)
[Verse 1]
Gates burned down to glowing sand
Crown of dust in shaken hands
Children crying in the streets
“Where is bread? Where is peace?”
Priests in rags
The elders fall
Echoes slam against the wall
Every promise sounds like rust
Every prayer tastes like dust
[Chorus]
This is my lamentation
Tears like fire on the page
Every line
Desolation
Every word a swallowed blade
Yet in the ruins I remember
Mercies waking with the day
In the darkest devastation
Hope is hidden in the flame
[Verse 2]
Roads that used to sing with trade
Haunted now by shades and graves
Friends once feasting at my side
Turn their backs
Avert their eyes
All the songs we used to sing
Crack and splinter in my wings
I was golden
I was known
Now I sit
A broken throne
[Chorus]
This is my lamentation
Tears like fire on the page
Every line
Desolation
Every word a swallowed blade
Yet in the ruins I remember
Mercies waking with the day
In the darkest devastation
Hope is hidden in the flame
[Bridge]
I will sit in the dust and wait
Let the yoke press down my neck
Let my mouth taste shattered clay
Till Your voice cuts through the wreck
You have torn me like an arrow
You have trampled every gate
But You will not cast forever
You will heal what You have scraped (yeah)
[Chorus]
This is my lamentation
Tears like fire on the page
Every line
Desolation
Every word a swallowed blade
Yet in the ruins I remember
Mercies waking with the day
In the heart of desecration
Love is new
Though walls are gray
[Outro]
Ash on my hair
Song in the air
I will sing among the ruins
You are there (oh, You’re there)