Ashes On My Tongue

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Lord, I woke up bent Back to the wall again My name in the dirt My hands full of sin I lost my shine out there Lost my way, my home Now I wear this hurt Like a second set of bones Why’d You leave me there When the room went black? Why’d You let that crowd Put my whole life on my back? I prayed through the smoke I prayed through the tears Still I hear my heart Breaking in my ears I ain’t proud of me I ain’t brave like saints I been wrestling shame Till my shoulders ache If You made my soul Why it taste like rust? Why’d You build a man Then leave him in the dust? [Pre-Chorus] Tell me now, Lord Don’t turn away Was I born to fold? Was I made to break? I need Your voice I need it plain If I’m still Yours Say my name [Chorus] Why’d You make me break? Why’d You let me bend? (Why’d You make me break?) If You’re still here Where You been? I’m on my knees In the wreckage again (Still Your son) Tell me how this ends [Verse 2] I remember my mother By the screen door light Cold pan on the stove And her tired eyes She said, “Boy, keep walking When the floor gives way” But I been falling hard Since those early days I tried clean hands I tried hard work Tried to outrun All that old hurt But every bad choice Had my face in it Every closed door Had my name in it So I came to You With a mouth full of pain With a fist full of fear And a crooked faith I don’t need a crown I don’t need gold Just don’t let my soul Go cold [Pre-Chorus] Tell me now, Lord Don’t turn away Was I born to fold? Was I made to break? I need Your voice I need it plain If I’m still Yours Say my name [Chorus] Why’d You make me break? Why’d You let me bend? (Why’d You make me break?) If You’re still here Where You been? I’m on my knees In the wreckage again (Still Your son) Tell me how this ends [Bridge] [God] I did not leave you In the ash and rain I was in the crack In the bruise, in the shame I let the wall fall So you’d see the door I break what heals And I heal what’s torn You called Me in the dark When you had no voice I was holding you up When you thought you had no choice Broken is not gone Bruised is not dead Son, I was making room For what comes next [Chorus] Why’d You make me break? Why’d You let me bend? (Why’d You make me break?) If You’re still here Where You been? I’m on my knees In the wreckage again (Still Your son) Tell me how this ends Why’d You make me break? Why’d You let me bend? (Why’d You make me break?) You were with me Right in the end I’m on my knees But I rise again (Still Your son) Now I know who I am