After the Scripture

After the Scripture - Manchester Orchestra/John Andrew Hull

After the scripture

We started to pray

Holdin' our hands up

Waitin' for change

I hardly knew you

You knew me the same

So we built a shelter

While we turned the weak away

Your mother beside me

Rattlin' her brain

Makin' an offering

Pacing the pain

We took a picture

Placed it in frame

We built a fire

And we turned the cold away

And I know it's not

What you desire

This pain can't crumble

Won't soon retire

Everybody there was trying to

Hide some great desire

Put away the positives and

Let that good girl die

Everybody's prayers were turned into a gradual sigh

So I paced around the backyard for awhile

That was bee sting

A speck in my eye

A casual movement

A thief in the night

Now I can't forget you

Sword in my side

Candle that burned me

Deliver me light

And I know it's not

What you desire

This pain can't crumble

Won't soon retire