[INTRO] WHO TOLD YOU THE SPIRIT WAS CLEAN AND THE BODY WAS DIRTY… (who?) [VERSE 1] YOU CALLED IT WEAKNESS YOU CALLED IT SIN YOU CALLED IT THE ENEMY YOU CALLED IT THE CAGE YOU WANTED TO ESCAPE IT YOU WANTED TO RISE ABOVE IT YOU THOUGHT THE FLESH WAS A PRISON YOU THOUGHT THE FLESH WAS A LIE YOU THOUGHT THE FLESH WAS THE VEIL YOU THOUGHT THE FLESH WAS THE FALL [PRE-CHORUS] BUT THE WORD BECAME FLESH AND DWELT AMONG US THE WORD BECAME FLESH AND YOU CALLED IT DIRTY [CHORUS] WE WANTED OUT WE WANTED UP WE WANTED SOMETHING WE COULD CALL PURE BUT THE BLOOD WAS NEVER THE LIE THE BLOOD WAS THE DOOR WE WANTED OUT WE WANTED UP AND WE MISSED THE ONE WHO CAME THROUGH THE WOUND… (wound) [VERSE 2] THE BODY DOES NOT LIE IT TRANSLATES IT DOES NOT BETRAY IT SPEAKS MY HUNGER MY FEAR MY TIREDNESS MY BLOOD IT DOES NOT ACCUSE ME IT TELLS ME WHERE I AM AND I CALLED THAT CORRUPTION AND I CALLED THAT SHAME [PRE-CHORUS] BUT THE WORD BECAME FLESH AND DWELT AMONG US THE WORD BECAME FLESH AND I CALLED IT DIRTY [CHORUS] WE WANTED OUT WE WANTED UP WE WANTED SOMETHING WE COULD CALL PURE BUT THE BLOOD WAS NEVER THE LIE THE BLOOD WAS THE DOOR WE WANTED OUT WE WANTED UP AND WE MISSED THE ONE WHO CAME THROUGH THE WOUND… (wound) [BREAKDOWN] WHO TOLD YOU THE SPIRIT WAS CLEAN AND THE BODY WAS DIRTY… (who?) WHO TOLD YOU THE FLESH WAS THE FALL AND NOT THE PLACE WHERE HE CALLED YOU I AM NOT A SOUL TRAPPED IN A BODY I AM A THRESHOLD MADE OF BLOOD WE ARE NOT SOULS TRAPPED IN BODIES WE ARE A THRESHOLD MADE OF BLOOD [BRIDGE] HE DID NOT DESPISE THE FLESH HE TOOK IT HE DID NOT ESCAPE THE BODY HE BECAME IT HE DID NOT RISE ABOVE THE MATTER HE ENTERED IT SWEAT. BREATH. WOUND. WEIGHT. AND I CALLED THAT DIRTY AND I CALLED THAT SHAME [SOLO] [FINAL CHORUS] WE WANTED OUT WE WANTED UP WE WANTED SOMETHING WE COULD CALL PURE BUT THE BLOOD WAS NEVER THE LIE THE BLOOD WAS THE DOOR WE WANTED OUT WE WANTED UP AND WE MISSED THE ONE WHO CAME THROUGH THE WOUND WHO CAME THROUGH THE WOUND… (wound) [OUTRO] WHO TOLD YOU THE SPIRIT WAS CLEAN AND THE BODY WAS DIRTY… (who?) HE DID NOT DESPISE THE FLESH HE TOOK IT
