[Verse 1] We light the altar with shaking hands Then ask the heavens to understand We spill our grief on borrowed ground Then curse the silence when none comes down We take the seed and bite the root Call it a blessing, call it truth But every wish with a crooked grin Leaves a little darker stain within [Pre-Chorus] Too much want, too fast We bend what should outlast Too many fists on the gate Too little time to wait [Chorus] Muddy hands, muddy hands Still we ask for clean-up plans Muddy hands, muddy hands We want grace on stolen land We break the pulse, we call it fate Then blame the sky for being late Muddy hands, muddy hands What we ruin, we demand [Verse 2] Now every temple wears our rush Every blessing gets a shove We milk the hour, crack the day Then wonder why the gold turns grey We sell the dream for a quicker bite Trade the dawn for a borrowed light And when the world starts losing breath We call it luck, we call it test [Pre-Chorus] Too much need, too loud We feed the crowd, the crowd Too many names in the room Too much haste in bloom [Chorus] Muddy hands, muddy hands Still we ask for clean-up plans Muddy hands, muddy hands We want grace on stolen land We break the pulse, we call it fate Then blame the sky for being late Muddy hands, muddy hands What we ruin, we demand [Bridge] Look at us now With our mouths full of prayers And our eyes on the hourglass Like time owes us a spare We were given a fire We made a blade We were given a garden We sold the shade [Final Chorus] Muddy hands, muddy hands Still we ask for clean-up plans Muddy hands, muddy hands We want grace on stolen land We broke the pulse, we called it fate Now even sorrow hesitates Muddy hands, muddy hands What we ruin, we demand [Outro] Patience died And the world went thin We reached too hard And tore the skin Muddy hands Muddy hands
