Bury Me Breathing

I've heard the sermons, I've seen the smiles Nice little words, but they fade in the miles They say, "I'll pray," they send their love But where are they when the nights get rough? I've lost my strength, I've lost my way I've lost the ones who swore they'd stay And I've been screaming in the silence But even echoes walk away I don't need a bandage blessing I need hands that hold the weight If I have to bleed, if I have to break Then, God, don't let it be in vain If I go down, I'm going swinging If I break, I'm breaking singing If the waters rise, if the ground caves in I'll keep breathing till the bitter end They can bury me, but not beneath I'll rise again, You're not done with me If I go down, I'm going fighting You can't bury me if I'm still breathing I've carried weight that's not my own Paid the price of staying strong I've smiled through pain, I've faked my grace But, Lord, I'm running out of space I've been the rock, I've held the line But even warriors break sometimes So if I have to walk this fire Then, God, let something rise from the flames I don't need a bandage blessing I need hands that hold the weight If I have to bleed, if I have to break Then, God, don't let it be in vain If I go down, I'm going swinging If I break, I'm breaking singing If the waters rise, if the ground caves in I'll keep breathing till the bitter end They can bury me, but not beneath I'll rise again, You're not done with me If I go down, I'm going fighting You can't bury me if I'm still breathing Maybe the fire refines me Maybe the flood clears the way Maybe the breaking is how You shape me Maybe the pain is how I'm remade Maybe I won't see the reason now Maybe the wounds won't make sense today But if You can use a cross for redemption Then You can use this suffering the same If I go down, I'm going swinging If I break, I'm breaking singing If the waters rise, if the ground caves in I'll keep breathing till the bitter end They can bury me, but not beneath I'll rise again, You're not done with me If I go down, I'm going fighting You can't bury me if I'm still breathing If the fire refines me, then let it burn If the flood is clearing, then let it surge I won't waste this suffering, I won't break in vain If I have to carry it, then use the pain