just this, for now.

Ashes and Flames
John Mark McMillan
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You and I meet
On the shores of the broken
You swallow the ocean
I swallow my pride
Only to see
The way that I need you
Is more than I knew
I ever could

In between the ashes and the flames
Is a cry an awkward silence
Could never contain
And the falling of my hammers
And the writhing of my pain
Is just not as real as the way
That you're calling my name

I can't help thinking
That the way that you want me
And the ghost that haunts me
Are one and the same
'Cause you stand at my window
At night while I'm sleeping
There's not a promise I'm keeping
That could ever repay you

In between the ashes and the flames
There's a song that burns brighter
Than radio waves
About the remnants of my idols
And the shadow of my shame
About how they scatter like the rain and I can't stop crying
'Cause you won't stop calling my name

Calling my name up from the ashes