Phoenix

So this is what I become

When You leave me to myself

A burned up, hollow, angry, empty shell

An actor on a barren stage

An even-keel with unchanneled rage

Sinking deeper into hell

Bind me to You

Piece me straight throug

Consume me with Your fire

Ravage my heart

Tear me clean apart

And still be my desire

As I descend it starts again

Sliding down, spiraling

Grasping on the breath of corruption

Fighting undertow

Holding on, realizing

My own hopeless helplessness finally letting go

All is madness

As the flames engulf me

Oblivion, refining fire

Making ashes of this life

Burn, fire, burn

Clean this temple

Restore Your holy name

In the onslaught of Your love

And now, as gradual as the fall

The dawn of hope, the brillian sun

Sending all the shadows fleeing

Sweet daylight

A new man rising from the ashes

CLothed in white, bearing a new name

I leave it all behing

And take to flight