Builder Of Life

Woke up choking on the rust
Ash on my tongue
Sky peeled back to twisted steel
Sirens all sung

Porch light melted in the yard
Frames turned to bone
Photo faces blurred by smoke
I was alone

No map
No name
Just these two hands and shame
Heartbeat
Like hail
On an empty metal rail

I am the builder of life
From the wreck
From the ruin
From the flame (hey!)
I don't know what I am
But I know I can't stay the same
I am the builder of life
Cut my palms on the edges of this place
If there's a world left to make
I will raise it from the grave

Footprints fading in the dust
Where did they go
Every window just a mouth
Swallowing hope

Found a garden turned to wire
Roots turned to chains
Still a stubborn little stem
Pushing through the pain

No gods
No guide
Just this hollow in my side
Cold wind
Raw throat
But I breathe and I still stand up

I am the builder of life
From the wreck
From the ruin
From the flame (oh, yeah)
I don't know what I am
But I know I can't stay the same
I am the builder of life
Cut my palms on the edges of this place
If there's a world left to make
I will raise it from the grave

If no one’s coming
Then I’ll be the one who comes (hey!)
If nothing’s living
I’ll be the pulse that hums

Stack the bones into a home
Turn this scrap into a spine
Stitch the sky back
Crooked blue
Make a heart out of the crime

I am the builder of life
From the wreck
From the ruin
From the flame
I don't know what I am
But I know I won't die this way (won’t fade)
I am the builder of life
Cut my palms on the edges of this place
If there's a world left to make
I will raise it from the grave

Ash in my lungs
Steel in my eyes
I don't remember my name
But I'll give this dead world mine