Hollow Hymns

I kept the light on low

So I could see what stayed

You said you loved me slowly

But every word decayed

I read between the silence

I felt the distance grow

You held me like a promise Then let the promise go

I don't need another story

I don't need you to explain

What was buried in your mercy

Still comes rising through the rain

If his love was pure and honest The truth would hold my

hand My heart would have been covered Not left there where I

stand

I gave him every open door He gave me smoke and shame

If his love was pure and honest

I wouldn't fear my name

(my name)

The room still knows your shadow

The floor remembers mine

I learned to stop defending

The things you wouldn't define

No, I won't call it weakness To want a love that stays

I was only asking shelter

You were asking me to fade

Now the quiet sounds like freedom

Now the wound can lose its flame

I can hold the contradiction And still walk out of the frame

Let the old house shake

Let the false walls fall

I was never too much

I was just alone through it all

And if the truth comes late

I will meet it where I am

With my own heart uncovered

But finally in my hands

If his love was pure and honest

The truth would hold my hand

My heart would have been covered Not left there where I stand

I don't need another answer I don't need to place the blame

If his love was pure and honest

I still get to love my name (love my name)

My heart is in my hands

now

My heart is in my hands