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Whitewashing a Grave Lyrics by Glenmerle

Babel Steeple

2021

[Verse 1]
All walls come slow
Day by day the mortar dries, and parapets of self-righteousness rise
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Before you know it, towering defenses guard your heart or so you think
Now I can't see
I'm trapped inside this thickened skin, I can't get out and no one can get in
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
How I long to be possessed, but rather than God I'm filled with myself
Rather than God, I'm filled with myself
[Chorus]
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 pretеnd I have love
Was just whitewashing a gravе
Whitewashing a grave
Oh-oh, what have I become?
[Verse 2]
Please break my bones
I'd rather have some scars outside than live within this calloused [heart?] alone
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I'd rather live in need of God than live like I cornered the market on
Right and wrong
'Cause I am not the potter, I'm just terra cotta
[Chorus]
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-oh, what have I become?
What have I become?
[Bridge]
Oh, I'll weep and I'll wail
Just hope that it's real
Leaving my repentance can become a show
'Cause under my skin
I 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
[Chorus]
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-oh, what have I become?
What have I become?
Credits
Glenmerle

Glenmerle

About “Whitewashing a Grave” by Glenmerle

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"Whitewashing a Grave" appears on "Babel Steeple" in 2021.

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