The Washing

Verse 1

Red ash

Flicking off a fat blunt

Smoke thickens in the hallway

I see him

Clawing at the drywall

The shadow got my face

Blood on the knuckles

A heavy iron scent

Bitter

Cold

Empty

Chorus

Wash it away

Wash it away

Lord please wash it away

The dirt in the bone

The grit in the vein

Wash it away

Wash it away

Lord please wash it away

Post-Chorus

Clear it out

Lift it up

Save me now

Save me now

Verse 2

Stain

On the carpet

I pulled the trigger and I laughed

Lust in the sheets

Tearing up a life

Rotting from the middle

Tasted the fruit

Swallowed the pit

The devil wants a dance

He won't leave

He won't stop

He won't fade

Chorus

Wash it away

Wash it away

Lord please wash it away

The dirt in the bone

The grit in the vein

Wash it away

Wash it away

Lord please wash it away

Bridge

Burn the rot

Burn the hate

Burn the ego

I was blind

I was broken

I was gone

Find the light

Hold the light

Be the light

Verse 3

Silence

Finally the screaming stopped

Hands folded tight

Looking at the ceiling

A different kind of fire

Not the smoke

Not the lead

Pure

New

Whole

Chorus

Wash it away

Wash it away

Lord please wash it away

The dirt in the bone

The grit in the vein

Wash it away

Wash it away

Lord please wash it away

Post-Chorus

Clear it out

Lift it up

Save me now

Save me now

Outro

I am forgiven

I am forgiven

I am forgiven

Amen

Amen

Amen