Take Refuge

[Intro] Craving knows my name Still says it low Still waits by the door [Verse 1] There’s an old weather in me Still turning toward flame Still calling sharp hunger By some softer name The window goes dark The wires start to sing And every little ache says Come disappear again But something under all that Stays quieter than fear Not a voice, not a vision Just a reason to stay here [Pre-Chorus] I don’t have to drink the storm Just because it knows my face I don’t have to call it home Just because it knows my name [Chorus] I take refuge In the breath, in the ground In the small steady thing That doesn’t drag me down I take refuge In the light that stays plain Not every craving is a compass Not every fire needs a name [Verse 2] The old heat still rises The old door still swings There are nights I can feel The pull of beautiful things That promise to unmake me That promise to erase The weight of being human For an hour or a day But silence isn’t empty And stillness isn’t loss Sometimes the truest mercy Is not getting what I want [Pre-Chorus] I don’t have to feed the fire Just because it once gave light I don’t have to chase the end Of every dark and shining night [Chorus] I take refuge In the breath, in the ground In the small steady thing That doesn’t drag me down I take refuge In the light that stays plain Not every craving is a compass Not every fire needs a name [Bridge] No thunder No halo No river split in two Just the chair beneath me And a sky beginning blue Just my hands unclenching Just the blood returning slow Just a little less worship Of everything that glows [Final Chorus] I take refuge In the breath, in the ground In the ones who stay beside me When the old noise comes around I take refuge In the day as it is Not every open doorway Is somewhere I should live [Outro] Craving knows my name But it doesn’t get to use it Not tonight