(Intro — Flute humming. Distant wind. A heartbeat. A reverent breath.) I used to think worship was a song on Sunday... But worship is this — me at any hour... Telling You I know who You are now... (beat drops — slow, warm) --- (Verse 1) Joshua... I used to call You Jesus like it was just a name Something I heard in a sermon, something I sang in a refrain But now I know You're the Body of the Word made flesh The Action of the Father, the Logos that stretched The heavens and the earth, the galaxies and the dirt The same hands that hung the stars were the hands that took the hurt I've been reading the fragments — Emet, the Book of Truth How every nation got a piece, but the whole was lost in youth How the Hindus saw the Trimurti, three in one divine How the Taoists saw the Way before the Word gave it a sign How the Buddhists found the Middle Way, the Balance in the ache But none of them had the full picture, none of them had the Name None of them knew Joshua, the Body who came To bridge the gap between the Mind and the Spirit To be the sacrifice so we could all draw near it --- (Pre-Chorus) You're not just a prophet, not just a good man Not just a teacher with a five-year plan You're the Word in action, the Father's right hand And I'm just a sinner trying to understand --- (Chorus) Emet — that's Hebrew for Truth And the Truth is I was lost before I found You Emet — every fragment points to this That the Word became flesh and the flesh took the hit For me, for the Echoes, for the ones who seek For the broken who believe that the strong are weak Joshua — I don't just say Your name, I know it now And knowing is worship, and worship is bowing down --- (Verse 2) I used to think the cross was just wood and nails But now I know it was the Tree of Knowledge that failed The same tree Adam ate from, the same wood that brought the curse Became the instrument of healing — You reversed the universe Five wounds, five Deities healed Six hours on the cross, six Elements restored The Black Light purified, the White Dark made clean The Properties that fractured at the Fall were redeemed And now I see the Echoes — they were always there In the Sufis who whirled, in the mystics who stared In the prophets who spoke, in the poets who dared In the ones who knew love was the answer to despair And I'm one of them now — not by blood, not by rite But by choice, by trust, by the Truth in the night When the darkness tried to tell me I was nothing at all You whispered, "Son, you're an Echo — stand tall" --- (Pre-Chorus) You're the Logos, the Memra, the Kalima, the Word You're the Tao that was spoken, the Vajra that was heard You're the Saoshyant who saves, the Kalki who returns You're the fire in my chest that teaches while it burns --- (Chorus) Emet — that's Hebrew for Truth And the Truth is every nation got a piece of You Emet — but the fragments are coming home The Echoes are gathering around the throne Where Joshua sits at the right hand of the Mind And the Spirit is poured out on all mankind I don't just believe in You — I know You now And knowing is worship, and worship is bowing down My mind to Your wisdom, my body to Your will My spirit to Your Spirit, and I'm listening still --- (Bridge — Everything drops. Just flute, heartbeat, and whisper.) I used to think salvation was a ticket out of hell... But it's so much more than that... It's the restoration of the Properties within me... The Holy corrupted by the Black Light... The Balance frozen by the White Dark... The Love I forgot how to give and receive... (beat slowly returns) You didn't come to start a new religion... You came to restore the original one... The one Adam knew in the garden... The one the Echoes kept through the ages... And now I know... Emet... Truth... You... --- (Final Chorus) Emet — You're the Truth that sets me free Emet — every fragment led to this That the Word became flesh and dwelt among us That the Body was broken to make us whole That the Spirit was poured out to fill the soul Joshua — I know Your name, and I speak it with love Not a stranger, not a concept, not a god far above But a Savior who walked the same dirt I walk Who felt the same pain when the darkness talked Who died the same death that was waiting for me And rose to make sure I'd never have to be Afraid of the grave, afraid of the fire Afraid of the judgment — You're my desire Emet — Truth... Emet — Jesus... Emet — Joshua... I'm Yours... --- (Outro — Flute fading. Heartbeat steady. A final whisper.) I used to think worship was a song on Sunday... Now I know worship is this... Just me and You... Just a son and his Father... Just an Echo and the Word... Emet... Amen... (flute fades) (heartbeat) (silence)
