Glenmerle - Whitewashing A Grave

All walls come slow
Day by day the mortar dries
And parapets of self-righteousness rise
Before you know it towering
Defenses guard your heart
Or so you think

Now I can see
That trapped inside this thickened skin
I can't get out and no one can get in
How I long to be possessed
But rather than god I'm filled with myself
Rather than god I'm filled with myself

And I'm scared to admit
That I'm still just pretending
That I don't have these stains
That they'll just fade away
And all that I've done
To pretend I have love
Was just whitewashing a grave
Whitewashing a grave
Oh what have I become

Please break my bones
I'd rather have some scars outside
Than live within this calloused hide alone
I'd rather live in need of God
Than live like I've cornered the market on
Right and wrong
I am not the potter I'm just terra cotta

I'm scared to admit
That I'm still just pretending
That I don't have these stains
That they'll just fade away
And all that I've done
To pretend I have love
Was just whitewashing a grave
Whitewashing a grave
Oh what have I become
What have I become

I'll weep and I'll wail
And just hope that it's real
Even my repentance can become a show
Cause under my skin
I've found vipers within
I'll beat my chest cause mercy is my only hope
I'll beat my chest cause mercy is my only hope

Yeah I'm scared to admit
That I'm still just pretending
That I don't have these stains
That they'll just fade away
And all that I've done
To pretend I have love
Was just whitewashing a grave
Whitewashing a grave
Oh what have I become

Written by:
Thomas Wilson

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