A Man Beneath the Sun [credits burning autogen]

[Verse 1] I found a bell beneath the floor Its iron mouth was cold with rain I asked what all this silence bore It answered with my childhood name [Verse 2] The chapel roof had split in two A cedar root had claimed the stone I held the dust I once called true And felt its weight become my own [Chorus] If mercy lives, let mercy see me With every borrowed creed undone Not as a saint, not as a warning Just as a man beneath the sun [Verse 3] A widow left a lamp alight Beside the book no one could read Its little flame outlasted night But never told me what to heed [Bridge] I will not bargain with the grave Or dress my doubt in borrowed gold The hand that makes a soul afraid May be the hand that makes it whole [Chorus] If mercy lives, let mercy see me With every borrowed creed undone Not as a saint, not as a warning Just as a man beneath the sun [Outro] The bell is quiet beneath the floor The rain has found the broken stone I leave the door without a prayer And walk until the dark feels known