PHRONÆMA - Garments Of White

(Ambient Intro – Church bells, distant choir) "Lord... Teach these trembling hands... How to love..." Verse I (Male – Screamed) Every chain I hid beneath a smile Wrapped itself around another year. Lust became a language I could speak Long before I understood my fear. I searched for comfort Inside broken mirrors. Fed the hunger That only grew. Every secret Promised freedom. Every secret Built another tomb. How can I stand Before her eyes... While carrying A heart divided? Pre-Chorus (Male – Clean) Take these hands That reached for lesser things. Teach them How to build a home. Take these eyes That wandered through the night. Teach them To behold one face. Chorus (Male – Clean with screamed harmonies) Burn away The man I was becoming. Raise the man You always knew. Let every wound Become a doorway. Every failure Lead me back to You. If I am called To love one woman— Teach me first To love like Christ. Verse II (Male – Screamed) The bottle whispered, "You can rest." The screen whispered, "You deserve this." The flesh whispered, "No one will know." But every whisper Pulled me farther From the man She deserves to know. I fought a thousand wars Inside locked rooms. The greatest battlefield Was always My own heart. Bridge (Female – Soft Clean Vocals) I lay my childhood At Your feet. Every fear I cannot keep. Teach these hands To heal... Not hold too tightly. Teach this heart To trust Before it speaks. Verse III (Female – Clean) I have dreamed Of wedding bells Since I was small. But dreams alone Cannot become A holy home. Shape my laughter. Temper my pride. Clothe my weakness In Your peace. Make me gentle Without fear. Make me steadfast Without hardness. Duet Pre-Chorus (Male & Female) Male If I must die... Let it be To selfishness. Female If I must grow... Let it be Toward Your Light. Together Not my kingdom... Yours. Breakdown (Male – Screamed) Crucify Every appetite That cannot love! Tear down Every throne Built inside desire! Let the Cross Stand higher Than every craving! Higher than pride! Higher than pleasure! Higher than fear! CHRIST— BE MY FREEDOM! Atmospheric Interlude (Female – Clean) Not because I am complete... But because You are faithful... I will walk Toward tomorrow Holding Nothing Back. Final Chorus (Male & Female Harmonies) Male I will leave The boy behind. Not through strength— But through surrender. Female I will leave The girl behind. Not through fear— But through Your mercy. Together Two hearts— Learning The same Cross. Two lives— Bent toward The same Kingdom. Two sinners— Made one Not by perfection... But by grace. Climactic Ending (Alternating Voices) Male – Screamed Let every addiction Become Another testimony To Your mercy! Female – Clean Let every scar Become Another place Where love can bloom. Male – Clean Teach me To lay down My life. Female – Clean Teach me To receive Love with humility. Together Before we stand Before each other... May we first Stand Before You. Outro (Choir-style Clean Vocals) White garments... Not without stain... But washed... Again... And again... Until every thread Carries The fragrance Of Christ. And when our hands Are joined... Let it not be Two stories ending... But one pilgrimage Beginning.