Beneath my ribs, a sacred drum
The heartbeat of the earth has come

It sings through sorrow, through the stone
A voice that knows I'm not alone

Don't give me gold, don't give me tests
Give me someone whose love is blessed
Someone who burns, who walks the fire
Whose breath becomes my soul's desire

Send me someone to love who sees
The ruin and the revelation

There is a law that speaks in light
It shatters day, it births the night
The quantum physics of the soul
In numbers, in a burning call
Each atom prays, each silence spins
The kingdom of God is whispering

Hear my prayers, Holy Flame
I've called you by a thousand names
Please send me divine guidance from above
And please send me someone I can love
Someone who'll want me close
Until the end of time


I've touched the edge of nothingness
Drunk wine from lips that won't confess
But at the core of existence there's a moan
A sacred ache, a truth alone

To feel again, to break the chains
To pay the price, and still be kind
That's the miracle I'm begging for
Knocking on your golden door
Let mercy fall like northern snow
Let me be known
To myself
First

I read the stars in a book of pain
Each word a wound, each truth insane
The quantum physics of the spirit
I still believe, and still I feel it
Something cold, something dark
Buried deep inside the heart


Hear my prayers, if they still fly
Through rusted heavens, through a bruised sky
Send me divine guidance through the smoke
Through broken vows and holy jokes
To feel again, through blood and shame
To call someone a home

The core of existence is a hole
A hunger blacker than the soul
I've kissed the lips of saints and thieves
But no one stays, and nothing grieves
I've begged for light beneath the skin
But mercy never lets me in

I tried to carve my faith from sand
To raise an altar in the heart of all
But every prayer became a question
And every answer stood naked

The heartbeat of the earth is slow
The quantum law, the silent oath
Will damn us all
Or save us both