GLORIOUS FATHER INTERCEDE FOR ME
IF I CANNOT HIDE FROM YOU
NEITHER CAN HE.
ALWAYS YOUR VOICE BITES THE BACK OF A COLD WIND
AND THE TALL GRASSES BEND FOR YOU
WHERE DOES YOUR LIGHT NOT SHINE
TAKE HOLD OF MY GENTLE AXE AND SPLIT HIM OPEN
GATHER UP MY QUIET HAMMER AND NAIL HIM DOWN
USE ANY OF YOUR HEAVENLY MEANS YOUR GOLDEN SCYTHE
YOUR HOLY SWORD YOUR FIERY ARROW STUDDED WITH STARS
I DON’T GIVE A FUCK JUST KILL HIM YOU HAVE TO I’M NOT ASKING
I HAVE MADE MY BODY YOUR VESSEL I PREACH YOUR WORD
IN EVERY ROOM I HAVE WALKED THE EARTH WEEPING
I WHIP MY BACK WITH MY MANY SORROWS ARE MY SACRIFICES
NOT EXTRAVAGANT? ALL I HAVE IS YOURS AND I SWEAR
I CAN’T DO IT AGAIN I SWEAR TO YOU LORD
HE HAS TO DIE THERE IS NO OTHER WAY
THERE IS NO OTHER WAY
WHERE DOES YOUR LIGHT NOT SHINE
I HAVE NEVER LOVED HIM MORE THAN I DO NOW BUT I CAN’T DO IT AGAIN
I HAVE TO BE THE ONLY ONE
I’M NOT ASKING YOU UNDERSTAND HE BELONGS TO ME
YOU UNDERSTAND IT IS MY VOICE THAT BITES THE BACK OF A COLD WIND
IT IS MY VOICE THAT BITES THE BACK OF A COLD WIND
AND I IT IS I WHO BENDS THE TALL GRASSES
IT IS I
I AM THE ONE I AM THE ONLY ONE I HAVE TO BE
I DON’T CARE THAT HE CAN’T HELP IT I CAN’T DO IT AGAIN
I CAN’T DO IT AGAIN HE BELONGS TO ME
WHERE DOES YOUR LIGHT NOT SHINE
GLORIOUS FATHER INTERCEDE FOR ME
IF I CANNOT HIDE FROM YOU
NEITHER CAN HE.
credits
from SINNER GET READY,
released August 6, 2021
KRISTIN HAYTER: VOICE, ORGAN, BELLS, CELLO
SETH MANCHESTER: PREPARED PIANO, PERCUSSION
RYAN SEATON: TIBETAN CYMBALS, CASTANETS, TRIANGLES, BELLS, WOODWIND MOUTHPIECES, MELODICAS, COWBELL
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