[Verse 1] I can believe There’s a pattern to the rain I can perceive That the seasons will turn again I can achieve Through the shape of the grain And the wood in my hands Resonates in the frame [Pre-Chorus] But that doesn’t mean that anyone else Understands what it means to disbelieve myself And that doesn’t mean I’ve got any belief In a benevolent man Watching me brushing my teeth [Chorus] Faith in a pattern Ain’t faith in a plan To erase consequence Or blood off my hands Faith there’s the pattern Won’t unsee what I’ve seen The hate and the spatters Pieces of her on me [Verse 2] I know I project some Times distant and cold But I still fear rejection Betrayal and loss I engage in deflection For why I never pray Yet my thirst for connection Never went away [Pre-Chorus] Nobody’s coming To kiss and make it better The crowd that is running Is seeking shelter Smell the char in the alley Mementos left behind The scene in my eyelids Claws back into my mind [Chorus] Faith in a pattern Ain’t faith in a plan Erasing consequence Or blood off my hands Faith that we matter To reality Every cause has a cause I guess that’s what I believe [Bridge] I deny the framing From man-made, phony “grace” Metaphysical platitudes And vapid empty faces I don’t want sympathy Or anything anyone has to say Just pitch in and help out Or get out of my way [Final Chorus] Faith in a pattern A place in this land I’m not Isekai but A stranger nonetheless Faith in the conscience Of others like me Faith that real-life monsters Can be defeated Faith in the pattern Ain’t faith in a plan To erase consequence Or blood off my hands…
