Uncreated Light

I didn't know that was still a thing they do
Our lampstand was just removed
We spilled our oil
Like ink into an inky sea
And when we burned it on the waves
You danced on a distant flame
The one we were made to enthrone

We all need to hear some hard things sometimes
And this one, hits hardest
We thought we could walk
By the light we made
'Til we got lost in our own heads
And the light in us was darkness

In our caricature, we drew
Your features based on our own truth
Our logos in the sponsored section
Of the program and the script we put you through
And when we hung it on the wall
It clashed with nothing at all
We forgot your mouth is drawn like a sword

'Cause we all need to hear some hard things sometimes
And this one still hits hardest
We thought we could walk
By the light we made
'Til we got lost in our own heads
And the light in us was darkness

Lest we forget, no creature is hidden
Lest we forget, we're all patients at your table
Lest we forget, you already see our true conditions
In ways we've never been able
So give us sight

Lest the light in us be darkness

We all need to hear some hard things sometimes
And this one still hits hardest
We thought we could walk
By the light we made
'Til we got lost in our heads
When the light in us was darkness

When the light in us
Oh, the light in us

I'm nearly Dylanesque in my hubris
That I have something to say
But am I pure in heart?
That's the question
So find me reclining against
Your most-chaste chest
I'll hear your resting cadence
Bear a resemblance to
Repent, repent, repent

We all need to hear some hard things sometimes
We all need to hear some hard things