Ashes and Gold

My lover wears thunder

She's the silence before the storm

Knows every door that I shouldn't walk through

Still somehow keeps me warm

If the angels ever came down

They'd be afraid of what they'd find

Every Sunday, the bells ring louder

But she's the only voice on my mind

We were raised on fear and forgiveness

Taught to kneel before we knew why

She says, "Don't give your soul to a stranger

When you've still got a fire inside"

I was taught to call this weakness

But I wear it like a crown

Oh, amen

Amen, amen

Lead me through the fire

I'll follow where the broken shadows lie

I'll give you every secret that I keep behind my eyes

If love is just a beautiful disaster

Then let it take me down

Oh, my God, if this is falling

Let me hit the ground

Lead me through the fire

I'll follow where the broken shadows lie

I'll give you every secret that I keep behind my eyes

If love is just a beautiful disaster

Then let it take me down

Oh, my God, if this is falling

Let me hit the ground

If I'm a sinner in the daylight

She's the moon that pulls me under

Keeps a little piece of heaven

Hidden somewhere in the thunder

Let the whole world call it madness

Let them dress their fear in white

We've got nothing left to worship

But the truth we find tonight

They can build another temple

They can promise paradise

But I'd rather walk through hell beside you

Than spend forever living lies

Lead me through the fire

I'll follow where the broken shadows lie

I'll give you every secret that I keep behind my eyes

If love is just a beautiful disaster

Then let it take me down

Oh, my God, if this is falling

Let me hit the ground

Lead me through the fire

I'll follow where the broken shadows lie

I'll give you every secret that I keep behind my eyes

If love is just a beautiful disaster

Then let it take me down

Oh, my God, if this is falling

Let me hit the ground

No saints, no kings when the night begins

No sacred words can tell us what we are

In the dust and the smoke of this broken world

We're still breathing, we're still human

We're still here, we're still ours

Oh, oh, amen

Amen, amen

Lead me through the fire

I'll follow where the broken shadows lie

I'll give you every secret that I keep behind my eyes

If love is just a beautiful disaster

Then let it take me down

Oh, my God, if this is falling

Let me hit the ground

Lead me through the fire

I'll follow where the broken shadows lie

I'll give you every secret that I keep behind my eyes

If love is just a beautiful disaster

Then let it take me down

Oh, my God, if this is falling

Let me hit the ground