The Guest in the Hall

Verse 1

Silver

The heavy hammer of the afternoon

Struck

The clock is bleeding on the wall

I had a room

I had a reason for the mess

Now

The guest is waiting in the hall

Chorus

Take the cup away

Take the cup away

It is finished with the salt

It is finished with the bread

Take the cup away

Take the cup away

Verse 2

Dust

The bitter burden of the bone

Falling

Beneath the floorboards of the church

Cold

I left a letter for the king

Lost

A crooked bird upon a perch

I came

I saw

I failed

Chorus

Take the cup away

Take the cup away

It is finished with the salt

It is finished with the bread

Take the cup away

Take the cup away

Bridge

Maybe you were holy

Maybe you were mine

Maybe you were lonely

Turning water back to wine

The shadow is a mountain

The shadow is a cage

The shadow is a mountain

Verse 3

Wait

The thread is thin

Tired

The scissors open for the seam

Gone

The heavy water in my lungs

Slow

The ending of a fever dream

My hand

My heart

My name

Chorus

Take the cup away

Take the cup away

It is finished with the salt

It is finished with the bread

Take the cup away

Take the cup away

Outro

Let it go

Let it go

Let it go

The light is moving on

The light is moving on

The light is moving on