[Intro] [Spoken Word like a testimony being proclaimed at a church!] Yeah. Sometimes the loudest man in the room is the hardest one to find even though the silence speaks louder than the harshest words. Let’s take it to God through Jesus Christ... [Verse 1] [Soulful, melodic, flow] I’m laying on the bed but I’m a million miles out, Drowning in the silence, suffocating on the doubt. You’re looking for a sign, just a glimpse of my soul, But I’m locked inside a quiet fever that I can't control. You asked for the Bread, asked to study the Light, But I traded the Word for the ghosts of the night. I put off the Spirit to play with the dust, Building a kingdom that’s covered in rust. [Pre-Chorus] I know I’m "too much," yeah, I’m heavy and loud, Walking through our room like a dark, stormy cloud. I’m the King of Spades, digging unintended holes in the floor, While Grace is standing right there, knocking at my heart door. [Chorus] Oh, let the fire of the crucible burn through the bone, God is the Author, and He’s still on the throne! He makes the light, and He creates the dark, He breathes the flame from a dying little spark. Through the peace and the calamity, He’s holding the wire, Refining our marriage in the heart of the fire. Jesus at the center, the Beginning and the End, The Author of Life, my Savior, and my Friend! [Verse 2: Rap Cadence - Gritty & Rhythmic] Yo, I’m trapped in a fortress, a twisted-up maze, Losing my vision in a blurred out haze. Walking through life in a burned out daze. The King of Spades, and I got the spade for the grave, Of the version of me that I’m struggling to save. Digging and digging til my soul flees to the drugs I crave. I’m shutting out the world just to keep from another break, But I’m drowning my Queen in the wake of my mistakes. I was made for you, Erica, a gift from the Father's Sky, But I’ve been living a ghost-life, yeah, been living a lie. God crafted your spirit to handle my heat, Now I’m laying my pride at the Carpenter’s feet. [Verse 3] He creates the peace and He forms the woe, He’s the Master of the tides and the seeds that we sow. I neglected the Altar, I neglected the Bride, Running from the Mercy where I’m supposed to abide. But the fire isn't here just to burn us to ash, It’s to melt down the heart and to heal every gash. It’s time to stop drifting, time to wake from the sleep, The Shepherd is calling to the heart of His sheep. [Bridge] [Music swells: Beat drops heavy and hard. Sing with passionate praise with emotion and Powerful tones like a heavenly party] Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty! Break the chains off my mind, let the ghost finally see! From the misery of self to the glory of His face, We’re standing on the Rock of unshakeable Grace! Praise Him! (Praise Him!) Hallelujah! (Hallelujah!) The Author of the Union is bringing us through! [Verse 4: Rap Cadence - High Energy] Open up the Book, let the Word start to breathe, Watch the shadows scatter, watch the enemy leave! No more "putting it off," no more "maybe tomorrow," We’re trading the ashes for the joy of our sorrow! The marriage is a furnace, but we ain't alone, There’s another in the fire making His presence known. He’s the Author of the world, He’s the Author of us, Moving from the "too much" to the "In God We Trust!" [Verse 5] Erica, I’m sorry that the lights got dim, I was trying to stop the water from flowing over-the-rim. But God gave me a warrior, He gave me the one, To walk through the valley ‘til the battle is won. I’m stepping out of the ghost, I’m stepping into the Priest, into a new man, Built by the Blood and the scars in His hand. The crucible is finished, the gold’s looking bright, We’re walking out of darkness and into His light. [Outro: Music Lightens and a [Soothing Sense Of Peace fills our souls] He is the Author of Life. He is the Author of Marriage. No more ghosts, baby. Just the Spirit. Hallelujah. (Fade out with the sound of a Bible closing)
