eBriar For A Crown (1)

[Intro] [strummed acoustic guitar, clean electric guitar lead melody] [Verse 1] [acoustic guitar, bass, and light percussion] The steeples cast a shadow long and cold (ooh) Across the secrets that our fathers never told They built their kingdom out of brick and pride While the spirit of the truth was locked outside (outside) [Chorus] [full band enters, driving drums, vocal harmonies] But I saw the light That wasn't made by hand A different map to find the promised land I didn't earn the dirt beneath my feet But you, you met me where the dust and mercy meet Dust and mercy meet [Chorus] [vocal harmonies intensify] You're the only king who ever laid it down To wear a simple briar for a crown [Verse 2] [drums continue, Hammond organ swells] It's a gift that I could never buy (never buy) Love I could never earn (never earn) Like the golden light across a canyon sky You walked the miles and you took the fall To break the lock and tear down every wall (every wall) Now every breath is a song I owe (I owe) [Bridge] [dynamic build] In every shadow where the weary go (oh, where the weary go) I'm living out the kindness that you've shown By walking back to find and love your own (your own) [Chorus] [full energy, crash cymbals] You're the only king who ever laid it down To wear a simple briar for a crown [Verse 3] [music pulls back to acoustic guitar and piano] I've seen the men who stand upon the hill And judge the world to keep it small and still But I can't stand above a single soul (not one soul) When it's your hands that finally made me whole (made me whole) [Outro] [soaring vocals, full band] There's no us and them beneath the sun Just the lonely and the love that we are one We are one in you You're the only king who ever laid it down To wear a simple briar for a crown [electric guitar solo] I'm living it up now in the way I love your own Down the dusty road No more stained glass light Just your open eyes I'm living it up now in the way I love your own [final acoustic guitar strum]