{Intro}
(Pipe organ • distant choir • low cello • cathedral ambience)
Kyrie…
Kyrie…
Still the silence answers…
{Verse 1}
Marble altars.
Golden crowns.
Heaven’s name on hollow mouths.
Candles burn,
But no one’s home.
Building temples
Out of polished stone.
Every prayer
Hits painted skies.
Mercy hidden
Behind righteous eyes.
They quote the fire.
They miss the flame.
Still wondering
Why He never came.
{Pre-Chorus}
White robes…
Heavy hands…
The Shepherd’s voice
Buried under commandments.
{Chorus}
You polished every piece of the outside.
Forgot the heart beneath.
Built a throne from sacred language…
Still too proud to kneel.
You carried crosses made of silver…
Never carried one of wood.
You learned the sound of holy…
But never understood.
{Verse 2}
Open Bibles.
Closed doors.
Counting sins,
Ignoring wars.
Breaking bruised and weary reeds…
Calling it what God decreed.
You loved the seats
Where everyone could see.
Forgot the One
Who washed His enemies’ feet.
Truth became
Another sword…
Never noticing
Who it was for.
{Pre-Chorus}
Stone walls…
Empty rooms…
The echo sounds
More like you than Him.
{Chorus}
You polished every piece of the outside.
Forgot the heart beneath.
Built a throne from sacred language…
Still too proud to kneel.
You carried crosses made of silver…
Never carried one of wood.
You learned the sound of holy…
But never understood.
{Bridge}
He was never in the spotlight.
Never chasing earthly praise.
He was breaking bread with strangers…
While you memorized His name.
The Kingdom wasn’t built on stages.
It was built on scarred hands.
Love was always louder
Than the loudest holy man.
{Final Chorus}
Let the marble crack beneath us.
Let the echoes finally cease.
Take the crowns,
The robes,
The titles…
Leave me only Christ and peace.
When the last cathedral crumbles…
Only one Voice will remain.
Not the ones who spoke the loudest…
The One who called our names.
{Outro}
(Choir swells, then fades to a single organ note.)
Kyrie…
Have mercy…
Kyrie…