Blind to the Holy (Emmet's Ballad Performance)

[Intro] [Verse 1] I swore on light I could not see on gods I'd never questioned — believed I carved the oath into my hands stood clean among the broken lands [Pre-Chorus] I thought devotion had a weight something solid — something straight But holy things don't warn you when they start to look like other men [Chorus] I believed — I believed — every word they placed in stone I bled — I bled — for a light I've never known And now I'm standing in the dark with nothing in my hands I was blind to the holy before I lost the chance ...They said it was righteous. They said the ends — the cause — would sanctify whatever I — I trusted that. I trusted him. And I don't — ...I can't see. I can't — [Verse 2] The noble spoke in golden thread I followed where his logic led I told myself the lines we crossed were worth the price — I paid the cost [Pre-Chorus] But righteousness is not a shield when what you've sworn begins to yield and faith breaks open like a wound and god is quiet in the room [Chorus] I believed — I believed — every word they placed in stone I bled — I bled — for a light I've never known And now I'm standing in the dark with nothing in my hands I was blind to the holy before I lost the chance [Choreographic break] [Bridge] I remember light I remember what it meant to kneel and feel something answer back I remember when the oath was real But oaths don't hold — oaths don't hold — when the thing you swore them to was already sold [Final Chorus] I believed — I believed — God I believed every word I bled — I bled — and I've never once been heard Now I'm standing in the dark and something in me understands — I was blind to the holy right up until the end [Spoken — quiet, final, no resolution in it] ...I still don't know if I'd do it differently. That's the worst part.