Ashes and Flames - John Mark McMillan

You and I meet

On the shores of the broken

You swallow the ocean

I swallow my pride

Only to see

The way that I need You

Is more than I knew

I ever could

'Cause in between the ashes

And the flames

Is a cry an awkward silence

Could never contain

And the falling of my hammers

And the writhing of my pain

You know, it’s just not as real as the way

That Your calling my name

Well, I can’t help thinking

The way that You want me

And the ghost that haunts me

Are one and the same

'Cause you stand at my window

At night, while I’m sleeping

There’s not a promise I’m keeping

That could ever repay You

In between the ashes

And the flames

There’s a song that burns brighter

Than radio waves

'Bout the remnants of my Idols

'Bout the shadow of my shame

About how they scatter like the rain and I can’t stop crying

'Cause You won’t stop calling my name

Calling my name

Calling my name

Up from the ashes, yeah