Revival - Charlotte Martin

This scab that I have torn

I’ve torn to feel reborn

But I’m not here to break down

And every single stone

Been shoved inside my bones

But I’m not here to break down

The blade goes deep and must cut it before it heals

We must cut before it

Bleed before it heals

The slaves and beasts that nobody wants to be

Well I said it’s time

I said it’s time to free you

Every breath in me

I count another victory

I know that I’m the author of survival

Forgiveness is the force

More powerful than any war

The hate dies as the women scream revival

And all this state of fear (all of this fear)

I’ve kept it all too near

Near to my mind

And I must let it drain out

Walking on this glass (walking on glass)

The pieces crushed too fast for me

But I will not be cut out

Silence squeezes denial til it’s bleeding

But I’m talking now

I’m saying this out loud

The apples and the leaves that are blooming on my trees

Well I never thought you

Never thought they’d grow again

Every breath in me

I count another victory

I know that I’m the author of survival

Forgiveness is the force

More powerful than any war

The hate dies as the women scream revival

Revival

Revival

Every breath

I count as nothing left

I know that I’m my author of survival

Forgiveness is the force

Mmore powerful than any war

The hate dies now

The hate dies now

The hate dies now

The hate dies now

The hate dies as the world needs a revival