PHRONÆMA - Galatians 2: 20

Ambient Intro – Whisper) "What can be taken... From the man... Who has already given... Everything?" Verse I (Screamed) The empire sharpened every sword it owned. The kingdoms gathered, draped in iron thrones. They spoke of fear as though it ruled the earth— Yet fear had died the day I knew Your worth. This flesh was never mine to keep. This breath was always borrowed. The hand that formed me from the dust Can gather dust tomorrow. What prison holds The soul Already kneeling At Your feet? Pre-Chorus (Clean) Take the fields. Take the cities. Take the breath within my lungs. What remains Cannot be touched— For it belongs To You alone. Chorus (Huge Clean Vocals with screamed harmonies) I have already died Within the waters. The grave was opened Long before this day. Strike this body— You cannot wound The life Hidden In Christ. My crown is not Forged out of iron. My kingdom Cannot burn. The fire that waits for me Is brighter Than the fire before me. Verse II (Screamed) Their voices thundered— "Bow." But every idol Returns to dust. The Lamb who wore A crown of thorns Has broken Every tyrant's throne. What bargain Could this world Still offer me? The stars themselves Will one day fade— Yet Love remains. Bridge (Soft Clean Vocals) The Cross Is not defeat. It is The doorway. The tomb Is not the ending. It is The morning. Breakdown (Crushing Screams) You can break These bones! You can spill This blood! You can silence Every heartbeat— BUT YOU CANNOT SEPARATE ME FROM THE LOVE THAT CONQUERED DEATH! Not steel! Not fire! Not kings! Not hell! Christ... Is... Enough! Atmospheric Interlude (Clean) The seed Does not mourn When it falls Into the earth. It knows The spring Is coming. Final Chorus (Massive Clean Vocals) I count no treasure Greater than Your presence. No freedom Greater than Your will. No throne Higher than Your mercy. No victory Greater than Your Cross. If this road Leads through death— Then let death Become Another witness To Your Resurrection. Climactic Ending (Alternating Clean and Screamed Vocals) (Screamed) No longer I— (Clean) But Christ within me. (Screamed) No longer fear— (Clean) But perfect love. (Screamed) No longer mine— (Clean) But Yours forever. (Together) My life Was never Mine to lose. Only Yours To offer. Outro (Quiet, almost whispered) When the sword Finally falls... It will not Find A defeated man. Only one Already hidden Within The Kingdom That cannot Be shaken.