Baptized Twice

Song inspired by the Burned Man from Fallout franchise I woke in the dust again With soot on my hands A scarred man in Zion Where the stones still stand I knew the shape of fire I knew what it took I was a man of wrath Then I learned to look They call me burnt They call me judged But I have seen What mercy does When I walked through flame You kept me whole When I sank in water You washed my soul The old man died The new one stands With trembling knees And empty hands I have been baptized twice Once in water, once in flame The fire burned my body But it never claimed my soul I have been baptized twice And I call on Your name When the night comes down on Zion You still make me whole (You still make me whole) I wore my anger Like a second skin I fed the wheel of violence And called it justice then But the righteous Judge He sees the heart He takes the knife From my shaking arm The blood I chased Could not redeem What only grace Could set free in me You said through the prophet The flame would pass That I would not be drowned By the flood or wrath So let the furnace roar Let the thunder break If You are with me I will stand and wait I have been baptized twice Once in water, once in flame The fire burned my body But it never claimed my soul I have been baptized twice And I call on Your name When the night comes down on Zion You still make me whole (You still make me whole) A clean heart, O God Make me new A broken spirit Is all I bring to You If I am handed over I will still say this Though He slay me I will trust Him in it And if the furnace rises I will not bend For the Son of God Walks in the fire with men I was chased by darkness But light still spoke In the blackened ash A living hope Vengeance is Yours Not mine to keep I lay it down At the feet of peace Blessed are the ones Who make peace in war I was made for more Than a settling score I have been baptized twice Once in water, once in flame The fire burned my body But it never claimed my soul I have been baptized twice And I call on Your name From the smoke of my old ruin You still make me whole I have been baptized twice And I will not be ashamed Let the desert keep my witness Let the wounded sing His name I have been baptized twice Once in water, once in flame The fire burned my body But it never claimed my soul (never claimed my soul)