Echo Through the Light

[Verse 1]
Knuckles to the drywall
Prayers stuck in my teeth
Every word tastes like gravel
Every breath feels cheap
You said You'd never leave me
But You went quiet in the storm
I'm staring at the ceiling
Daring You to prove me wrong
[Chorus]
Do You hear me?
When I curse Your name and still hold on?
Do You fear me
Like I fear the dark when You feel gone?
If You're there
Then why am I the one on trial tonight?
I scream Your name
And it echoes
Echoes through the light
[Verse 2]
Bible on the nightstand
Face down for a week
I can't read another promise
When my hope's this weak
I pound on every heaven
Like a locked and empty door
If this is what love feels like
What am I begging for?
[Chorus]
Do You hear me?
When I curse Your name and still hold on?
Do You fear me
Like I fear the dark when You feel gone?
If You're there
Then why am I the one on trial tonight?
I scream Your name
And it echoes
Echoes through the light
[Bridge]
[Drop to fragile clean guitar
Vocal near-whisper]
I am not Your perfect child
I'm the one who rages wild
Tearing at the veil in spite
Daring You to step inside
[Full band crashes in
Layered screams]
ARE YOU LISTENING NOW?
I AM BLEEDING OUT
IF THIS IS YOUR MERCY
WHY WON'T YOU SHAKE MY DOUBT?
PULL ME OUT OR LET ME BREAK
I CAN'T TAKE ANOTHER FAITH I FAKE (hey!)
I AM TIRED OF THIS FIGHT
MEET ME IN THE SILENT NIGHT
[Chorus]
Do You hear me?
When I curse Your name and still hold on?
Do You fear me
Like I fear the dark when You feel gone?
If You're there
Then sit with me inside this fragile fight
I scream Your name
Till my anger
My anger turns to light

rock, Hard emo rock with soaring male vocals and alternating raw screams; tight, chugging guitars in the verses, tom-heavy drums building tension. Choruses burst open with wide stereo guitars, overhead crash cymbals, and stacked harmonies. Occasional halftime drops under the screams, then lift back into a huge, reverb-drenched final chorus that hangs in the air., light, emo, wrestling, raw, soaring