Skin and Glory

[Verse 1]

They built their gods from marble

Cold and out of reach

Thrones above the thunder

Too holy for our streets

But you came in through Nazareth

Through labor and through blood

You put on human weather

You wore me like a glove

[Chorus]

Skin and glory, dust and flame

Heaven learned to say my name

The Word that spoke the stars to be

Fell asleep on Galilee

And I will never be ashamed

Of this body, of this frame

You made it your address

Skin and glory, nothing less

[Verse 2]

You know the weight of Mondays

You know the taste of tears

You sweated in a workshop

For eighteen silent years

So when I bring my ordinary

My unimpressive days

You don't look for the exit

You look at me and stay

[Bridge]

God is not far, God is not other

God pulled the sky down to the ground

And in one child of a village mother

The lost and found were found

[Coda]

Skin and glory, nothing less

You made me your address

[Outro]

And the One who moved in… He doesn't let His beloved sleep through the spring…

listen… He's calling : awake

Text origin

21st century

Melody origin

21st century

Recording

2026

Original language

English

Performed language

English

Musical form

Gospel