Lo Que Queda (What remains)

The church burned down I watched it from the curb Poured out a little something Lit a cigarette Said Not a word They told me I'd be empty once I let the doctrine go Turns out empty is just quiet And quiet is how you grow Stripped the sermon, stripped the fear, stripped the gold leaf off the frame What was holy underneath was just a man with my same name No más altares No más humo No más sangre derramada (No more altars) No more smoke) No more spilled blood) Lo que queda cuando todo se va Eres tú Y no es nada (What remains when everything is gone) (It is you) (And it is nothing) And nothing Is the beginning Lo que queda Is the breath before the word Lo que queda Is the face beneath the herd They gave you heaven So you'd never want the ground Lo que queda Is the only thing they never found I was baptized in obligation Confirmed in borrowed shame Every sacrament a contract Every blessing came with chains Pero la cadena que no ves es la que pesa más (But the chain you don't see is the one that weighs the most) The one they stitched into your wanting That one never snaps clean fast Here is what they buried You don't need permission to exist The void isn't punishment It's the baseline Everything after that Is yours Fuimos los malditos Los que nadie quería alzar (We were the cursed ones} The ones no one wanted to raise up) Pero el maldito que se levanta solo (But the cursed one who rises alone) Ese es el que va a durar (That is the one who will endure) We don't preach redemption We don't sell you anything clean Just a fire that already happened And the person that it made Lo que queda Is the breath before the word Lo que queda Is the face beneath the herd They gave you heaven So you'd never want the ground Lo que queda Is the only thing they never found No hay sermón (There is no sermon) No hay templo (There is no temple) No hay rey (There is no king) No sermón (No sermon) No templo (No temple) No rey (No king) No sermón (No sermon) No templo (No temple) No king No sermón (No sermon) No templo (No temple) No king Only what you’ve always been Before the name