I didn’t bow my head in a pew Didn’t know the words they usually use Just a shaking breath in a locked room With nothing left to do No choir singing me through the pain No stained glass to hide my shame Just a grown man on his knees Trying not to break I thought You only showed up Where the lights were warm and the faith was sure But You met me right where I fell And the altar was the floor The altar was the floor When I couldn’t stand anymore When my hands were empty And my heart was torn I didn’t have a prayer Didn’t know what to say I just stayed And the altar was the floor I brought You doubts instead of praise Questions I was scared to say Every failure, every scar Every reason I ran away I waited for You to turn Your face Or tell me I’d gone too far But You stayed when I hit the ground And called me where I was I learned mercy doesn’t wait For perfect words or holy doors It finds you when you fall apart And the altar is the floor The altar was the floor When I couldn’t stand anymore When all my strength gave out And faith felt worn I didn’t clean myself up Didn’t try to be sure I just fell And the altar was the floor If grace only lived in sacred rooms I would’ve never made it through But You came down to where I was Not where I thought I should be You didn’t ask me for belief You just asked me not to leave So I stayed right there in the dust And You stayed with me The altar was the floor Where the hurt met Your love Where I stopped pretending And You were enough I didn’t find You reaching up I found You reaching down When I hit the ground Yeah the altar was the floor The moment I let go The moment You held me When I had nowhere else to go That’s where I learned what grace is for When the altar was the floor I don’t need a building To know You’re near You meet me anywhere I’m sincere Still do The altar’s still the floor
