Dying in Circles

[Verse 1: Garrett Russell]

Beside the shadow of a frozen chapel

Under the marriage of the cross and crown [1]

Outside the privilege of the "chosen ones"

The Image of God [2] is sleeping on the ground

Spires pierce the sky like steel through your hands [3]

Planks from our eyes [4] plunged in your side

Water poured out, [5] but we want wine

You said, "Take and remember" [6], but we always forget

[Chorus: Garrett Russell & Thomas Freckleton]

To the outcast sons, [7] to the sojourners, descendants of loss

I'll hold my breath until you can breathe

To truly live, I must begin anew and be consumed [8]

Make a heart of flesh from these hollow stones

I'm learning what it means to trade my certainty for awe

[Verse 2: Garrett Russell]

When you fell to your knees to wash my feet

Did you see the trampled shadows stained underneath? [9]

Did you hear the acrimony

Perpetuated by the puppet sewn to the pulpit? [10]

We forgot your life and became a people of death

Spell-bound by the celibate spectacle, inhabiting mausoleums [11]

[Bridge: Garrett Russell]

We are the eulogy at the funeral of God [12]

[Chorus: Garrett Russell]

To the outcast sons, to the sojourners [13], descendants of loss

Be consumed

I'll hold my breath

To truly live, we must begin anew

Trade your certainty for awe