[Intro] (whispered, minor piano) Yeah… Walked in with nothing but the dark on my back Said if this is all I am… then take it Take it [Hook] Turned my pockets out and all that fell was dust Couldn't buy my way to grace, so I brought the rust — the cracked one, the burned one, the worst of what I was, laid it on the table, said it's all that I got Empty hands (empty hands), but I'm holding 'em up Heard You call my broken thing enough, enough — this my offering, this my offering take the worst of me, oh — this my offering [Verse 1] I went looking through the wreck for a piece that wasn't bent Came up holding empty, every coin already spent Tried to pay in gold I never had, names I couldn't drop, tried to climb my way to clean — fell apart before the top So I crawled up to the altar with my pockets full of nothing, shame still on my collar, every crack of me was showing — and I figured You'd refuse it, figured worthless couldn't enter, but You leaned down toward the ruin like the ruin was the center And You took it [Pre-Hook] You took it, never flinched at the wound Pulled the part I'd given up on past the rust and through the ruin You took it, pressed Your hand against the break — and it set wrong, set strong, now it carries what I couldn't take [Hook] Turned my pockets out and all that fell was dust Couldn't buy my way to grace, so I brought the rust — the cracked one, the burned one, the worst of what I was, laid it on the table, said it's all that I got Empty hands (empty hands), but I'm holding 'em up Heard You call my broken thing enough, enough — this my offering, this my offering take the worst of me, oh — this my offering [Verse 2] I'm not selling You a version where I walked out the flame clean — I'm the smoke still on the doorframe, I'm the ash beneath the sheen But the fire that I thought would be the death of who I am was the hand that pulled the poison, was the heat that made me stand Every weight I couldn't carry, You unhooked it from my spine, every name I couldn't bury, You spoke softer than the lie — now the man that I was running from is face-down on the floor, and I'm stepping over what he was — I don't carry him no more [Pre-Hook] You took it, made a kingdom from the crumbs, took the empty that I offered, called it gold against Your tongue You took it, and the dark that used to own me couldn't hold me, couldn't hold me [Bridge] (choir swells, organ, half-time) Lay it down (lay it down) All I am (all I am) Take the cracked, take the burning, take the weight, take the man Lay it down (lay it down) Nothing left to hide (nothing left) — take the worst that I was carrying, the offering's my life [Verse 3] Now I come back every morning, not with shame but with my hands, 'cause the offering ain't one time — it's the way a dead man stands I don't tally up the damage, what I broke or what I am, just a dead man kept on breathing and I bring him back again Let the choir hit the rafters, let the organ shake the floor — I was buried in the silence, now I can't stay quiet no more Took the least of what I offered, made a sunrise out the seam, so I'm emptying my pockets till there's nothing left of me And You take it [Final Hook] Turned my pockets out and all that fell was dust Couldn't buy my way to grace, so I brought the rust — the cracked one, the burned one, the worst of what I was, laid it on the table, said it's all that I got Empty hands (empty hands), still I'm holding 'em up And You called my broken thing enough — enough — this my offering, this my offering take the worst of me — this my offering [Outro] (choir fades under reverb, organ holds) All I had was nothing… and You called it enough (this my offering)
