x2 After the scripture, We started to pray Holdin' our hands up, Waitin' for change I hardly knew you, You knew me the same So we built a shelter, While we turned the weak away x2 Your mother beside me, Rattlin' her brain Makin' an offering, Pacing the pain We took a picture, Placed it in frame We built a fire, And we turned the cold away And I know it's not what you desire This pain can't crumble, Won't soon retire x2 Everybody there was trying to hide some great desire Put away the positives and let that good girl die Everybody's prayers were turned into a gradual sigh So I paced around the backyard for a while That was a bee sting, A speck in my eye A casual movement, A thief in the night Now I can't forget you, Sword in my side Candle that burned me, Deliver me light And I know it's not what you desire This pain can't crumble, Won't soon retire x2