Love And Sin

My image is broken and all that I am.  The money’s in ashes can’t further this sham
And I can’t remember it costing so much.  But faith has a furnace that’s hot to the touch
 
Oh, why does it burn…the fear and longing, the grace and the scorn
Oh, how can it blend…the joy and the shame and the love and the sin
 
My worries soak through and my hang-ups are framed.  I’m stuck on the bases, can’t manage the blame
And I’ve known stretches when hope’s left to die.  But, faith is a phoenix…a sacrifice fly
 
Oh, why does it burn…the fear and longing, the grace and the scorn
Oh, how can it blend…the joy and the shame and the love and the sin
 
My mosaic of will…I nurture true peace and then kill.  The traitors turn in once again
‘Till love reaches out to defend.  Oh, it’s worse than I thought deep within, yet your song sings again
 
I’m lost in the desert, right back where I’m from.  You can wrestle the past, it will never succumb.
There’s cracks in the slab and walls that still shift.  But faith is a builder, a ram-shackle’s gift
 
Oh, why does it burn…the fear and the longing, the grace and the scorn
Oh, how can it blend…the joy and the shame and the love and the sin
The joy and the shame and the love and the sin