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Ritual Charades

Holy in the Ruins
A soul-soaked hymn for those who have risen from their own wreckage.
This is not a lullaby — it’s a ritual.
A prayer made of ashes. A manifesto of dignity. A firepit for the survivors.

“Don’t need saving — I’ve been sacred all along.”


HOLY IN THE RUINS
A Ritual of Survival and Becoming


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Verse 1
They prayed for my downfall… so I taught myself to pray in the rubble
Found scripture in the cracks, sang psalms with a bloody knuckle
The altar burned, the saints were gone
But I stitched my hallelujahs from what's wrong

I don't shine the way they told me light should gleam
I flicker like a vow inside a broken dream


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Pre-Chorus
And this quiet ain't surrender, it's a vow
See the embers start to gather, here and now
There's a tremor in the ground beneath my feet
It's my broken hallelujah, finding its own beat


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Chorus
I am holy in the ruins, unbroken in the ash
Built my temple from the wreckage of the past
Every scar a stained-glass window, every cry a psalm
Don't need saving — I've been sacred all along


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Bridge
I wear the dust like velvet on my skin
No crown above — the fire lives within
They tried to make me rubble, make me wrong
But I found grace where nothing else belonged

And found a god in my own broken bones
Forged from the echoes and the throwing stones
So let them build their monuments of pride...
I am the prayer the ruins learned to hide


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Final Chorus
I am holy in the ruins, unbroken in the ash
Built my temple from the wreckage of the past
Every scar a stained-glass window, every cry a psalm
Don't need saving — I've been sacred all along


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Coda (Whispered)
This fire was never meant to leave me clean.
It left me real.

HOLY IN THE RUINS

Lines of faces staring wide
Chained by rules they never decide
Whispers crawl like ghosts in air

Who’s the voice above the tide
Who’s the hand that breaks the sky

Unite the hands that hold the flame
Unite the hearts that feel the same
Rise and rise
Break the game

Mountains crumble
Rivers dry
But their thrones still pierce the sky
We kneel
We bleed
We still comply

Who’s the shadow behind the glass
Who’s the fist that grips the past

Unite the hands that hold the flame
Unite the hearts that feel the same
Rise and rise
Break the game

Break the Game

VERSE 1
You came to me in a fevered light
Veiled in silk and ancient rites
Eyes like scripture, breath like wine
You whispered: "You were always mine"

PRE-CHORUS
And I kneeled, trembling, to receive
A kiss, a curse, a new belief
Your touch — it split my soul in two
One half for me… the rest for You

CHORUS
I built an altar in my chest
Lit candles where your name would rest
You're not love, you're a god disguised
And I’m your lamb, crucified
Possess me whole, no in-between
Worship hurts when it feels this clean
So take my voice, my blood, my spine
Make me yours
Divine

VERSE 2
I wear the marks you left behind
Like holy wounds that cleanse my mind
Your silence speaks in tongues I crave
You bless me deeper than the grave

PRE-CHORUS
My prayers decay in your caress
I beg for pain, I beg for less
But heaven bends beneath your weight
And I collapse beneath my fate

CHORUS
I built an altar in my chest
Lit candles where your name would rest
You're not love, you're a god disguised
And I’m your lamb, crucified
Possess me whole, no in-between
Worship hurts when it feels this clean
So take my voice, my blood, my spine
Make me yours
Divine

BRIDGE
(Whispered)
I tore out every mortal part
To house your throne inside my heart
(Screamed)
Sanctify me — in your fire!
Purify me — take me higher!

FINAL CHORUS
I built an altar in my chest
Lit candles where your name would rest
You're not love, you're a god disguised
And I’m your lamb, crucified
Possess me whole, no in-between
Worship hurts when it feels this clean
So take my voice, my blood, my spine
Make me yours
Divine

OUTRO
Divine... divine...
I was never mine...

ALTAR

Dance

[Verse 1]
In the garden of silence where shadows intertwine
Memories dance on the edge of dawn
An echo faint of a laughter sweet and bright
Once vibrant blooms now hang in gentle decay

[Verse 2]
Whispers of sunlight filtered through
The tangled vines of forgotten dreams
Each petal a story, each leaf a sigh
A canvas once painted with hues of delight

[Chorus]
But now the brush has grown weary
Traces of joy retreating
Like a tide withdrawing, leaving only
The cold smooth rocks of resignation

[Verse 3]
I wander these pathways, heart in hand
Searching for warmth in the chill of absence
The rhythm of life a distant drumbeat
In the quiet halls of muted echoes

[Chorus]
Words linger like ghosts
Promises long faded
Each syllable a leaf fallen
Drifting in the breeze of what could have been

[Outro]
Yet still in the hushed moments
A flicker, a spark beneath the layers of gray
Hope creeps in, stubborn and alive
Finding cracks in the darkness
A reverberation of laughter yet to come
And in this hollow space the seeds of tomorrow
Take root and bloom

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Songwriter under Artist development : James Sanger. Represented by Anara Publishing +44 (0) 116 253 0203 (ext. 4)

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