The Broken Stone
Intro
Verse 1
They wrote it down in the desert dust
Mortal hands driven by fear and trust
Aramaic whispers and ancient Greek
Lost in the throats of the men who speak
Now we fight over commas, we war over ink
We tell the congregation what the heavens think
Holding an English translation like a loaded gun
And forgetting the warmth of the original sun
Chorus
We worship the letter and we bury the soul
We clutch at the fragments and call them the whole
Treating every page like it's carved into stone
When it's just human hands stacking marrow and bone
It’s time to let the heavy paper drop
And follow the Spirit, before the beating stops
Verse 2
They sat in the marble, the emperors and priests
Deciding what fed the spiritual feasts
They kept what was useful and threw out the rest
Locked away gospels that failed their test
They bound up the infinite inside of a spine
And charged us a toll for the water and wine
We’re reading the edits of men in a room
And calling it the voice from the empty tomb
Chorus
We worship the letter and we bury the soul
We clutch at the fragments and call them the whole
Treating every page like it's carved into stone
When it's just human hands stacking marrow and bone
It’s time to let the heavy paper drop
And follow the Spirit, before the beating stops
Bridge
We climbed up the mountain to stare at the light
And tried to carry it down through the night
But mortal arms tremble, and mortal hands shake
How much of the truth did we drop by mistake?
We broke the divine on the stones far below...
And act like the pieces are all that we know.
Verse 3
The foundation is real, but the temple is man
Built on a flawed and a terrified plan
Religion's a vessel, but the water is free
You can't trap the ocean by locking the sea
Outro
Let go of the stone.
The letter of the law just leaves you alone.
Follow the Spirit.
Let the heavy paper drop.
Let it drop.
Find the light.