Dust to Dust

Lyrics

🎼 “Children of the Dust” ⸻ [Verse 1] We were born east of the garden gates, Under hard skies and the weight of fate, Learning young how the cold world turns, Bread by sweat and bridges burned. Some build barns till the ceiling breaks, Some break backs just to earn their place, Some chase crowns through the market fire, Some grow numb in the heart’s desire. ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] Every city hums the same old song: “Build it bigger, prove you belong,” But the soul gets thin when the gold grows tall, And the loudest men feel least of all. ⸻ [Chorus] We are children of the dust and flame, Trying hard just to bear a name, Running roads that all decay, Searching for a light that stays. Babylon calls through electric skies, “Come trade your heart and you can rise,” But love still waits beyond the noise, Calling every scattered voice. ⸻ [Verse 2] Merchant ships through the blood-red sea, Petra carved in eternity, Storehouses filled while the widows weep, And the poor sow fields they’ll never keep. The rulers dine while the tired pray, Children drift in the neon haze, Everybody selling pieces small Till there’s almost nothing left at all. ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] But the prophets warned and the old bells rang, Every empire ends the same, Stone by stone and crown by crown, Everything proud comes crashing down. ⸻ [Chorus] We are children of the dust and flame, Trying hard just to bear a name, Every system, every throne Turns to rust and broken stone. Still the Spirit moves unseen, Through the poor and in-between, Through the ones the world ignores, Through the tired and the worn. ⸻ [Bridge] Not by silver, not by might, Not by endless city lights, Not by power dressed as peace, Not by hunger without cease. But by mercy strong enough To stay gentle when life gets rough, By open hands and lowered swords, By hearts that still can hear the Lord. ⸻ [Breakdown] In Him we move… In Him we breathe… Even now beneath the grief… The kingdom grows like hidden seed Inside the ones who choose to see. ⸻ [Final Chorus] We are children of the dust and flame, But we were never made for chains, Every road and every scar Still can lead us where You are. When the towers fall away, When the markets lose their sway, Love will stand when all else dies— Like dawn breaking through the night. ⸻ [Outro] East of Eden… still He calls… Through the rise and through the fall… Not far away… Never far away…