[Intro] I felt your hand before the morning came Warm as rain on the cedar grain You said my name, and the room grew still As if the earth had heard our will [Verse 1] We carried old sorrow in bowls of clay Set them down by the waterway You touched the scar beneath my sleeve And asked what I was ready to leave [Pre-Chorus] Take what is broken, hold it with care No one is lost while another is there From palm to palm, let the old weight go We are the ground where the wild roots grow [Chorus] Seraphim, rise in the chest of us Seraphim, breathe through the dust I call your name; you answer mine One living flame in a hundred lives Seraphim, rise in the chest of us [Verse 2] Your laugh came clear through the olive leaves I let the guarded part of me breathe No vow of heaven, no borrowed crown Just your bright face when the sun went down [Pre-Chorus] Take what is broken, hold it with care No one is lost while another is there From palm to palm, let the old weight go We are the ground where the wild roots grow [Chorus] Seraphim, rise in the chest of us Seraphim, breathe through the dust I call your name; you answer mine One living flame in a hundred lives Seraphim, rise in the chest of us [Chant / Call and Response] Who keeps the door? (We do, we do) Who holds the thread? (We do, we do) Who tends the spark? (We do, we do) The hands beside us, the hands beside us [Bridge] Let the old names find their way home Let every lonely heart be known I lay my fear beside your own And neither of us stands alone [Final Chorus] Seraphim, rise in the chest of us Seraphim, breathe through the dust I call your name; you answer mine One living flame in a hundred lives Seraphim, rise in the chest of us Seraphim, rise in the chest of us [Outro] Your hand in mine The water runs We keep the door We become one
