Barrowed Breath

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The earth remembers my chains
The sky remembers my fall
But the grave remembers nothing
He paid for it all

Ash in the lungs, fire in the marrow
I staggered beneath the weight of stone
But light like a blade tore the silence open
And whispered a name that was not my own

This is not the crown I seek
Not the kingdom I would claim
Every victory is borrowed breath
Every triumph bears Your name

You tear the veil of silence wide
You raise the dead from ash to fire
All my ruins, all my striving
My nature is remade in You

I still feel the hunger of shadows
The howl of the night in my chest
But You bend the storm toward mercy
And grind my fears into rest
Every scar sings louder than silence
Every fracture becomes a crest

The world sings in my marrow
A hymn of dust and chains
But You are thunder in the silence
And the song that breaks the grave

This is not the crown I seek
Not the kingdom I would claim
Every victory is borrowed breath
Every triumph bears Your name

Every heartbeat shouts redemption
Every shadow turns to flame
Christ in weakness, Christ in glory
Be forever magnified

Dust to dust
But Spirit to flame
Not my will
Christ alone remains.