Burn Bright (Show Me A Way)

Burn me with a Bible…

If heaven’s real, why does it hurt like this?

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Burn me with a Bible, watch me fade out now

Promise of the reverend never held me down

Cross on my shoulders, nails in the sound

We bleed the same on holy ground

Is it killing you like it’s killing me?

Say it’s faith, but it feels like grief

If salvation’s where I’m laid to rest

Why does mercy taste like death?

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You’re a martyr, it’s all inside your head

Beg forgiveness just to do it again

I’m stuck between the stages, scripture and doubt

Screaming melodies I send to God

Why am I caged by the words they wrote?

Why does every hymn feel like a noose on hope?

I question the fire, I question the throne

If He’s listening, why am I alone?

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A cross of shame, numb to the pain

Strung out on ache, but we grieve the same

Fever breaks, rage in my veins

Tell me—does it hurt you the same?

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Burn me with a Bible, watch me fade out now

Promise of the reverend never held me down

Blood in our teeth, prayers on the ground

We bleed the same, don’t make a sound

Is it killing you like it’s killing me?

Say it’s faith, but it feels like grief

If salvation’s where I’m laid to rest

Why does mercy taste like death?

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I acknowledge every sacrifice

Burning on this holy ground tonight

They say suffering makes you clean

But I’m just tired of being redeemed

No quarter, no shade, just memory scars

Tried to be saved, but I fell apart

If you make it out, show me the way

I’m too deep now, I can’t escape

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Show me a way—

Not through fear, not through flame

Show me a way—

Where we’re not blamed for the pain

A cross, a blade, suffer the weight

The fever breaks—

We bleed the same

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So burn me with a Bible if I burn bright

Let the preacher watch me ignite

If I’m damned for asking why

Then I’ll light the dark myself tonight

Is it killing you like it’s killing me?

If we’re lost, at least we’re free

Burn me with a Bible—watch me rise

Not to die…

But to survive