You Will Not Take Me

Lyrics

[Intro] The stone keeps the names that the water forgot I stand where the black current knots [Verse 1] Cold iron rain on the chapel roof I bite down hard on the bitter truth Your hands left ash on the doorframe grain Your voice still cuts through the winter grain [Pre-Chorus] Below the bridge, the river turns It takes the vows, it keeps what burns [Chorus] I will not kneel where the banks give way I will not drown what I came to save Call through the deep, let the old walls break I carry the weight; I decide what I take [Verse 2] The bell rope frays in the empty nave A rusted key by the water cave I found your mark on a split oak beam A small, plain promise against the stream [Bridge] No crown, no mercy, no borrowed name The flood may rise, but I stay the same [Chorus] I will not kneel where the banks give way I will not drown what I came to save Call through the deep, let the old walls break I carry the weight; I decide what I take [Outro] The river takes the stone The river takes the chain But you will not take me You will not take me