Bryan KingThe Hollows of Grace
The Hollows of Grace
[Intro]
(Slow, haunting fingerstyle guitar with a deep, woody tone)
(Low hum of an upright bass)
(Distant, mournful cello note)
[Verse 1]
I stood tall in the halls of the heavy-handed
With a name that tasted like a king
I was the judge, the hunter, the high-commanded
Until the silence started to sing
Three days of dark to break my pride
Then fourteen years to wither inside
I traded my rank for a lowly place
And found my name in the hollows of grace.
[Chorus]
So pin my ear to the Master’s door
I don’t want my freedom anymore
Let me grow small while He grows tall
I’m a servant now, at the beck and call
I’m a love-slave bound by a choice I made
To reach the ones that the church mislaid.
[Verse 2]
The religious men, they love their gates
Choosing who’s worthy and sealing their fates
But I see the taxman, the outcast, the “vile”
And I meet their eyes with a brother’s smile
My former life?
It’s nothing but waste Just skubala (crap) with a bitter taste
I won’t look down from a judging floor
When I’m just a slave at the Master’s door.
[Bridge]
(Music thins out to just piano and a single guitar string)
The elites are gonna be in for a shock
When they see the outcasts on the Rock
The ones they called a “sin” and a shame
Are the ones who carry the Master’s name
My mark isn’t silver, my mark isn’t gold
It’s a hole in my ear that says I’ve been sold.
[Chorus]
(Vocal becomes more raw and raspy)
So pin my ear to the Master’s door
I don’t want my freedom anymore
Let me grow small while He grows tall
I’m a servant now, at the beck and call
I’m a love-slave bound by a choice I made
To reach the ones that the church mislaid.
[Outro]
I’m little, I’m small, I’m finally Paul Just a marked-up man at the Master’s call Listening close with a pierced-up ear To tell the outcasts: “The Master’s here”.
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