After The Sirens The Song That Holds Us Still Lyrics

The Song That Holds Us Still Lyrics

"Carry me when my legs give out," he says.

We did not expect this bramble,

this thick of thorns.

You always see us running to anywhere

but where we're meant to,

the belly of the sea.

Breathing in the womb,

the surrogate mouth of divinity.

And we're scraping our hands across

our skinny wrists,

These skinny wrists.



We have seen Your labor:

this looming mountain,

this foaming sea,

this endless field of briars.

We have seen You.



I want to tell You when I see You

that I've done the best with what I've had

just like You did.



We want Your favor

and I'll ask again tomorrow.



Oh I could not, I could not

wait to be let out

I'll ask again tomorrow.

And I will not, I will not

be found wanting in Your house.