[Verse 1] I saw the fire that has no wood I heard the silence that spoke my name One moment the veil was gone And everything was too bright, too true, too vast Then the veil fell back [Pre-Chorus] My heart is beating like it’s guilty Like it wasn’t invited to the light Like it knows it doesn’t belong there [Chorus] I’m terrified because I saw You And I’m terrified because I’m not I’m just the echo that learned how to scream Just the shadow that thought it could burn [Verse 2] I touched eternity for a second Now every second feels borrowed and thin My prayers taste like apologies My worship feels like trespassing [Pre-Chorus] I want to run back into the ordinary Where I was safely blind But the ordinary cracked open And I can’t unsee the size of the sky [Chorus] I’m terrified because I saw You And I’m terrified because I’m not Just a silhouette cut from black paper Held up too close to the flame [Bridge] Maybe that’s the mercy That You let the shadow stay That You let the echo answer That You let the counterfeit breathe Maybe love is the terror itself The unbearable nearness To something that could unmake me With a single honest glance [Final Chorus – half-whispered] I’m terrified because I saw You And I’m even more terrified that You saw me This trembling, temporary thing This cheap projection of dust and awe And still You didn’t turn away Still didn’t turn away
