[Verse 1]
We drew a circle in the quiet dirt
You marked my wrist
With a broken crown
You said
“Kneel here
Where the world can’t hurt”
So I bowed my head
To the hollowed ground
You taste like scripture on a guilty tongue
Sweet on the surface
Bitter in the lung
You said
“Wear my name like a second skin”
So I let you thread
Every needle in
[Chorus]
You are my honeyed altar
I am the slow-burning flame
I lay my small disasters
Down in the cracks of your name
If this is worship
Let it take me
If this is mercy
Let it stain
You are my honeyed altar
I rise and fall in your name
[Verse 2]
You built a staircase out of old mistakes
Painted each step
With forgiven days
You said
“Don’t look down
Don’t dare look back”
So I kept my eyes
On your upturned face
You move like thunder in a borrowed room
Soft in the doorway
Loud inside my wounds
You said
“Drink me deep till you can’t see doubt”
So I tipped you in
Till the stars went out
[Chorus]
You are my honeyed altar
I am the slow-burning flame
I lay my small disasters
Down in the cracks of your name
If this is worship
Let it take me
If this is mercy
Let it stain
You are my honeyed altar
I rise and fall in your name
[Bridge]
Teach me your secret signs
Your silent hymns
Your crooked rites
I’ll carve them into my quiet mind
Till every thought
Leans to your light
Call me out of my common skin (come closer)
Crown me only when I confess
Tie your promise at my narrow wrist
I will offer you
Every restless breath
[Chorus]
You are my honeyed altar
I am the slow-burning flame
I lay my small disasters
Down in the cracks of your name
If this is worship
Let it take me
If this is mercy
Let it stain
You are my honeyed altar
I rise and fall in your name (in your name)
I rise and fall in your name