Remissio (Forgiveness)

[Intro – distant rain on stone, single monk voice] Pluvial me, Domine Quia peccavi [Verse 1 – soft, almost whispered] I carried my sins like shards in a broken jar Edges cutting deeper with every step I thought I had to glue them back myself Mortar of tears, mortar of blood and sweat But You took the ruin from my trembling hands Smashed it finer still beneath Your heel And from the dust You shaped another vessel Sealed with wounds that never cease to heal [Pre-chorus – low choir, rising] Non meus labor Sed Tuum opus (Titus 3:5) [Chorus – full cry] REMISSIO The debt is drowned beneath the wave REMISSIO My guilt lies buried in His grave REMISSIO The record torn, the ledger burned Every sin forgiven, every page unturned (Colossians 2:13–14) [Verse 2 – finger-picked guitar, rain louder] What does it mean? That I was pardoned long before I knelt What does it take? Only a corpse that has no breath to give How do I receive it? I hear the word that slays and makes alive I eat the Bread, I drink the Cup once broken And I am clean (John 6:53–56 / Ezekiel 36:25–27) [Chorus – heavier, drums like slow thunder] REMISSIO The debt is drowned beneath the wave REMISSIO My guilt lies buried in His grave REMISSIO Scarlet washed white in sevenfold flood Every sin forgotten in the Lamb’s own blood (Isaiah 1:18 / Revelation 7:14) [Bridge – total silence, then single voice] It is finished The jar is broken The wine is poured The vessel is new [Final Chorus – soaring, cathedral reverb] REMISSIO I am the clay and You the Potter’s hand REMISSIO I am forgiven and I do not understand REMISSIO Only this: the cracks still show the light And mercy sings through every wound tonight [Outro – soft rain again, monk choir fading] Miserere nobis Dona nobis pacem Amen.