The Ballad of St. Augustine Songtext
von Disciple

[Verse 1]
The air is leaving here
It′s getting hard to breathe, I'm choking [Matthew 13: 22]

The fracture was innocent
A miniature compromise that exploded [James 1: 15]

Inside my atmosphere
And now the paradigm is shifting [John 8: 34]

A good man was living here
Virtuous evidence has all but disappeared [James 2: 10]

[Chorus 1]
Right was wrong when wrong went right [Romans 1: 22; Romans 7: 15]
I′m fading
Black has turned to gray inside [Revelation 3: 16]
And I know that I need saving, can You save me? [Psalm 130: 1-8]
Take me away to where You are [John 14: 3]
Cause I won't leave without it [Genesis 32: 26]

[Verse 2]
Involuntary fast
The bread that never lasts, I'm starving [Matthew 4: 4]


Sanity shackled here
The key is in my hand, but I′m frozen [Isaiah 52: 2]

Revelation sings
Justice delivery is blinding [Proverbs 1: 2-3]

My death is imminent
I′d rather die with You than utterly alone [2 Samuel 24: 14]

[Chorus 2]
Welcome back my innocence [Psalm 32: 1-2]
How I have so longed to see your face again [Psalm 51: 11-12]
Overwhelmed I say goodbye
As the pages turn I say goodbye
Passing by the end of my life [2 Corinthians 5: 17]

[Bridge]
Pages turn, memories burning away
Ashes celebrate [Hebrews 12: 29]
You're washing me, consuming me [Revelation 1: 5]
As I′m falling on Your sword [Ephesians 6: 17]
You're washing me, branding me with grace [Galatians
6: 17; 2 Corinthians 12: 9]
Innocence reborn [John 3: 3; 1 Peter 1: 23]

Psalm 51: 1-17; Psalm 32: 1-7