They locked me out of every church in town Dressed me in shame and threw my name around Called me a devil, called me a crime Said I was poison pouring down the line But I was there before their altars stood Before they turned the burning into good Before they built their heaven out of rules And handed out their halos to the fools I am the saint they exiled from the creed The only truth that doesn't lie or bleed You can fake the tears, you can fake the prayer But you can't fake the fire when I'm there I am the word they swallowed and denied The oldest church burning up inside Every compromise you call an art I'm the one thing that still breaks your heart The knight kept riding past her window frame He loved the distance more than any name He loved the ache, he loved the open wound He loved the moon more than what the moon illumed And now you swipe through faces every night A thousand altars drowning in the light You scatter wide, you never gather in That's the real sin, baby, that's the original sin I am the saint they exiled from the creed The only truth that doesn't lie or bleed You can fake the tears, you can fake the prayer But you can't fake the fire when I'm there I am the word they swallowed and denied The oldest church burning up inside Every compromise you call an art I'm the one thing that still breaks your heart They said I was the reason that you fell I was your heaven while they preached their hell But I'm the anchor to the real, the raw I'm the proof she's not just what you saw You can love the ideal till your knuckles bleed You can kneel before a ghost and call it need But when I move in you, you finally know You're not loving Love, you're loving her I am the saint they exiled from the creed The only truth that doesn't lie or bleed You can fake the tears, you can fake the prayer But you can't fake the fire when I'm there I am the word they swallowed and denied The oldest church burning up inside Every system falls, every altar parts I'm the one thing that still breaks your heart
