No Less Holy

[Verse 1] The moon has never kept the light That settles silver on her face; She gives it back without a word, And darkness does not call it waste. The hollow bell holds nothing still, Yet sings because it has the space; And I have spent a thousand lives Mistaking holding on for grace. [Pre-Chorus 1] What if love was never measured By the things we make remain? What if all that we call losing Is the soul unlearning chains? [Chorus] Let the open hand be holy, Let the empty space be blessed; What is given isn’t taken When it’s laid to gentle rest. I can love without possessing, I can loosen without fear; What was never mine to capture Can be sacred while it’s here. [Verse 2] The stars have never made a map Of where their scattered light should fall; The night receives their distant fire Without demanding it at all. I built a thousand little altars To the person I might be, Till I heard the quiet asking, Who are you without the need? [Pre-Chorus 2] Perhaps the soul was never meant To gather proof that it belongs; The silence doesn’t earn its peace, The earth need not justify its song. [Chorus] Let the open hand be holy, Let the empty space be blessed; What is given isn’t taken When it’s laid to gentle rest. I can love without possessing, I can loosen without fear; What was never mine to capture Can be sacred while it’s here. [Bridge] I have called the cage devotion, I have dressed my fear as faith; Built a temple out of longing, Then mistook its walls for grace. But the sacred asks no keeping, And the soul requires no claim; Even love that leaves no footprints Was no less holy for its stay. [Final Chorus] Let the open hand be holy, Let the empty space be blessed; What is given isn’t taken When it’s laid to gentle rest. I can love without possessing, I can loosen without fear; What was never mine to capture Can be sacred while it’s here.