[Intro — close, cigarette, almost a smile] Don’t save me. I look better like this. [Verse 1 — Make Me Wanna Die attitude] Black dress still on from a night I won’t name Lipstick on the glass, pullover over shame I talk to the dark like it owes me a ride Keep the engine running just to feel alive Everybody wants a girl they can fix I want the kind of wreck that doesn’t blink (Yeah) If heaven’s got a comment It can wait in the hall [Pre-Chorus — first crack under the cool] I never meant to need I never meant to shake There’s a name that doesn’t flinch When I start to break [Chorus] He is — He who is (He is — He who is) The I AM that outruns every mouth I run The I AM that stays when I won’t He is — He who is (He is — He who is) From the first spark to the last cheap prayer He is… He who is (don’t look at me) [Verse 2 — the dress comes off] I carved my will into the hotel Bible page Called it freedom, called it fire Then the floor remembered my real weight And my throat forgot how to lie Blood in my mouth tastes like borrowed time Hands that used to punch now just shake (Feel it) The hand that formed the clay Still holds the clay while she plays king [Chorus — same hook, less armor] He is — He who is (He is — He who is) The I AM that outruns every mouth I run The I AM that stays when I won’t He is — He who is (He is — He who is) From the first spark to the last cheap prayer He is… He who is (look at me) [Bridge — voice thinning] Before Abraham… I AM Before the girl who wouldn’t bow… I AM Before the pride that thought it could stand I AM (The fire does not ask permission) (The fire does not leave the room) [Spoken] “I AM WHO I AM.” I said it like a dare. It came back as a wound. [Breakdown — half-time, on the floor] He. Is. The one. Who is. No throne left I can sit on. He. Is. The one. Who is. No name left but His. (I’m done standing) [Final Chorus — cracked hymn] He is — He who is (He is — He who is) The I AM that burns the mountain The I AM that splits the sea in me He is — He who is (He is — He who is) From the first lie to the last honest breath He is… He who is He is… He who is HE IS — HE WHO IS (Forever) (Unchanging) (The one who simply is) [Outro] Before Abraham… I AM Before the wreck I wore like perfume… I AM …and I am not.
