Fire and Blade

Lyrics

[Verse 1] We all want the harvest, we all want the gold But we shrink from the stories that have to be told The heat of the crucible, the weight of the rain We ask for the purpose inside of the pain But the gold isn't pure till the fire is hot To draw out the dross and the hidden dark spot It’s the heat that reveals what is buried within Rising up to the surface—the weight of our sin. [Verse 2] The Gardener comes with a blade in His hand For the vine that has wandered and lost its command He’s not here to punish, He’s here to restore To help us bear fruit like we’ve never before He prunes back the branches that grow for the show So the energy moves where the life needs to go We shrink from the cutting, we cry in the frost But in the hands of the Maker, there’s nothing that’s lost. [Chorus] Burn the dross, prune the vine Draw me back to the Master’s design Through the fire, through the frost Where nothing of value is ever lost Until the surface is clear and true And I finally reflect the face of You. [Verse 2] There’s a fellowship found in the deep of the night When we’re stripped of our power and lose all our sight We used to know of Him, the stories and names But we start to know Him inside of the flames He’s our only hope when the world falls away The only one holding the dark and the day And when we walk out, with the scars on our skin We can reach for the others who are just moving in. [Bridge] You have need of endurance to finish the race To look in the fire and see His own face For the dross is all gone and the metal is clear He’s reflecting His image in every tear We speak to the hurting in a way only known By the ones who have walked through the fire alone. [Chorus] Burn the dross, prune the vine Draw me back to the Master’s design Through the fire, through the frost Where nothing of value is ever lost Until the surface is clear and true And I finally reflect the face of You. [Outro] Lord, I’m doing Your will. Just for Your Name.