Stained White Song (Confession of An Angel)

I was carved from dawn And taught to shine White wings folded neat In the hush of time I watched your hands Lift dust from stone And something in me Wanted flesh and bone I kept my halo straight Kept my face serene But heaven has a crack Where the longing streams I heard your name Like a mortal prayer And I stepped too close To the edge of air I am the one who fell For a trembling heart I am the one who sang And then came apart Hold my light, hold my name I was never made of stone I confess, I confess I wanted you alone I wore the choir Like a second skin Smiling through the thunder Hiding what was in One touch from you And my white wings shook Like pages in the wind Like a half-read book I kept my halo straight Kept my face serene But heaven has a crack Where the longing streams I heard your name Like a mortal prayer And I stepped too close To the edge of air I am the one who fell For a trembling heart I am the one who sang And then came apart Hold my light, hold my name I was never made of stone I confess, I confess I wanted you alone If grace means never reaching Then let me reach tonight If love is just a burden Then I will wear its weight I don't ask for pardons I don't ask to rise I only ask you see me With these human eyes I am the one who fell For a trembling heart I am the one who sang And then came apart Hold my light, hold my name I was never made of stone I confess, I confess I wanted you alone Take my silver ruin Take my stained-white song Even angels break When they long this long (when they long this long)