Forged in the Fire

Verse 1 I was born in the belly of a burning sky With a storm in my lungs and a hymn in my eyes They told me, “Child, you are fragile as glass” But I learned even shattered light still cuts when it pass I was never a ghost, never only the ache I was the tremor in the ground, the flood in the lake A quiet little miracle dressed in my skin With a thousand roaring heavens hidden within Pre-Chorus And oh, when the dark comes down to weigh on me I hear the earth cry out, “You belong to me” Every bruise, every bone, every beautiful scar Says I’m not apart from love I’m exactly where You are Verse 2 I have knelt in the dust of my doubt and despair With my hands full of grief and my mouth full of prayer I have begged for a sign, for a crack in the night Then the moon split open and poured out her light And I saw my reflection in the river run black Not erased by the current, not fading to ash But fierce as a promise, and soft as a psalm A body of thunder with a trembling heart Pre-Chorus And oh, when the fear tries to swallow me whole There’s a drum in my chest like a holy revolt Every tear that I’ve wept, every wound that I bear Only carved out more room For the living spirit there Chorus I am integral I am the blood and the bloom The echo in the cathedral room I am integral I am the flame in the wall The voice in the choir, the rise and the fall Oh, I was never incidental Never too broken, never too small I am integral I am integral Bridge So let the waters rise Let the heavens shake Let the iron of my soul Ring out when I break There is gold in my ruin There is grace in my fight I was made from the dark But I answer to the light Final Chorus I am integral I am the storm and the seed The prayer and the hunger, the ache and the need I am integral I am the altar, the spark A lantern of mercy lit up in the dark Oh, I was never accidental I was a piece of it all from the start I am integral I am integral I am integral