[Verse 1] I missed the Sunday folding chairs They left a blue mark on the wall I told my sister I was sick The truth was smaller than that all I couldn't lift my face that high Or make my borrowed answer fit So I washed one cup and watched the sink And called that close enough to it [Pre-Chorus] I know the words, I know the tune I just don't trust my mouth by noon [Chorus] I pray sideways so the truth Doesn't swallow me whole I keep one hand on the kitchen door One hand down in the hole If doubt is what I brought today Then doubt is what I'll hold I pray sideways, straight face Trying not to turn gold [Verse 2] My brother says the Lord likes proof I say the Lord can check the books There are receipts inside my coat For every promise that I shook I want a sign, but not a show No thunder cracking through the roof Just enough room to tell the truth And not be punished for the proof [Pre-Chorus] I bow my head, then look around To see if anybody heard the sound [Chorus] I pray sideways so the truth Doesn't swallow me whole I keep one hand on the kitchen door One hand down in the hole If doubt is what I brought today Then doubt is what I'll hold I pray sideways, straight face Trying not to turn gold [Bridge] Maybe devotion isn't certainty Maybe it's staying when the answer leaves Maybe the honest thing I have to give Is saying, I don't know, and still choosing to live [Final Chorus] I pray sideways so the truth Can pass between my teeth I leave the polished testimony On the table underneath If doubt is what I brought today Then doubt can sit with me I pray sideways, straight face And let the silence be [Outro] One cup drying by the window One small light left on I don't call it faith just yet But I haven't gone
