I built a shrine from the words you fed me Held every fracture like proof of life I kept your shadow where the light should have been Now all it does is sharpen the knife If I have to crawl through the wreckage I'll drag the truth out with my teeth I gave you the shape of salvation You gave me a reason to bleed Tear down the altar inside my head Every prayer I made came back dead I followed the flame till it swallowed me whole Now I can't tell the ash from my soul There is no way back through the fire Only the ruin you left behind I learned to hate the sound of your name The way it still moves under my skin Every memory bends when I touch it Till I don't know where the lie begins You walked away like it meant nothing I stayed and became the collapse I gave you the shape of salvation You gave me a reason to bleed Tear down the altar inside my head Every prayer I made came back dead I followed the flame till it swallowed me whole Now I can't tell the ash from my soul There is no way back through the fire Only the ruin you left behind Was I wrong to call it faith When it felt like being buried alive? Was I wrong to keep your place In the part of me that wanted to survive? I carried your ghost like a sentence I wore your absence like skin Now every road out of the darkness Leads me back to where you begin I SURRENDERED EVERYTHING AND STILL... IT GETS... DARKER! Tear down the altar inside my head Every prayer I made came back dead I followed the flame till it swallowed me whole Now I can't tell the ash from my soul There is no way back through the fire Only the ruin you left behind (You left behind!) I buried the truth where you left me And it still knows your name
