[INVOCATION] I went looking for the Holy somewhere beyond my name Climbed every stair toward heaven trying to escape the frame Then silence spoke within me Child What if the road you seek is the road returning to the one who learned to leave [CHOIR] RETURN RETURN RETURN TO THE CENTER RETURN RETURN REMEMBER [VERSE 1] One light before division One source a thousand streams One life through countless windows One root beneath the leaves Monad Not lonely Whole beyond the sum Every road of separation asking where it came from I followed branches upward Found the root below Every door said deeper Every depth said KNOW [CHOIR] KNOW THYSELF LOVE THYSELF RETURN RETURN [VERSE 2] At the Tree of Life I entered Not to conquer not to claim Kingdom Foundation Beauty Wisdom Understanding Flame Mercy without weakness Strength without control Knowledge at the threshold Crown above the whole Step by step the Tree kept asking What are you prepared to lose Not your body Not your story Only what was never true [REFRAIN] FROM KINGDOM TO THE CROWN FROM THE CROWN INTO THE HEART WHAT I THOUGHT WAS FAR ABOVE ME WAS WITHIN ME FROM THE START I AM HOME I AM HOME THE DOOR IS OPEN I AM HOME [VERSE 3] Melchizedek at the threshold Priest and king a sacred sign Bread and blessing peace and justice Meeting heaven inside time Every manual every symbol Every ladder every key If it makes another prison It cannot make me free Ascension isn't hatred of the earth beneath my feet If heaven cannot enter flesh then heaven is incomplete [CHOIR] IN THE BODY IN THE BREATH IN THE LIVING HERE [VERSE 4] Then Christ stood at the doorway Not demanding Come obey Only LOVE as I have loved you Then decide which road you take Christ within not crown of empire Not a weapon not a wall Consciousness made invitation Love refusing to enthrall Feed the hungry Touch the wounded See the stranger as your kin What good is climbing into heaven if heaven doesn't enter in [CHOIR] LET IT IN LET IT IN LET LOVE ENTER IN [BRIDGE - ASCENDING] Root Remember Foundation Stand Beauty Open Mercy Hand Strength Discern Wisdom See Understanding Set me free Crown No throne No higher me Only deeper UNITY [BUILD] I don't ascend to disappear I don't awaken to escape I don't become more holy by condemning another shape Bring my shadow Bring my questions Bring the body Bring the scars Bring the ancestors who carried us beneath these ancient stars Nothing human left behind Nothing sacred owned by me If awakening is awakening then awakening makes us free [FINAL GOSPEL CHORUS] RETURN TO SELF RETURN TO SOURCE RETURN TO LOVE WITHOUT REMORSE ROOT TO CROWN AND CROWN TO HEART WE WERE NEVER SET APART I AM HOME I AM HOME CHRIST IS CALLING LOVE IS HOME I AM HOME I AM HOME ONE LIGHT MANY SOULS I AM HOME [CHOIR - CALL AND RESPONSE] WHO ARE YOU I AM WHERE IS THE TEMPLE HERE I AM WHERE IS THE KINGDOM HERE AND NOW WHAT IS THE WAY LOVE SAY IT AGAIN LOVE WHAT IS THE LAW LOVE WHAT DO WE CARRY LOVE [FINAL ASCENSION] Tree into forest Drop into sea Many into One One into we Spirit into matter Heaven into ground The thing I crossed eternity for was already here waiting to be found [OUTRO - SOLO] No ladder now No distance No stranger at the door I returned to the Self and found there was nowhere to return from [CHOIR, DISTANT] I am home I am home I am home
