Ashes to Halo

[Verse 1] We met like a door left open In the middle of a storm You said my name so easy Like you’d said it before Five minutes in, you saw me Better than my own mother Like you’d read the small print Under every scar and cover [Pre-Chorus] Maybe I knew your shadow In a thousand different skies Maybe your soul and mine Were stitched with the same light From the river of old names To the dust where we began I felt you in my bones Before I knew your hands [Chorus] You knew me first You knew me first (You knew me first) Like an angel in a human shirt You knew me first You knew me first (You knew me first) And I’m grateful for the hurt that learned to heal [Verse 2] They say some hearts come back Wearing other people’s faces Some in painted temples Some in prayer beads and traces From the Ganges to the Andes To the old roads of the Nile Maybe we’ve been finding each other Across a long, long mile Or maybe it’s deeper Than any past life song Maybe we were made To recognize each other all along [Pre-Chorus] Maybe the wheel keeps turning Maybe the stars remember Maybe we were born again In this one bright ember If the world keeps breaking You’re the hand I can take Like a bell through the dark Like a vow that won’t shake [Chorus] You knew me first You knew me first (You knew me first) Like an angel in a human shirt You knew me first You knew me first (You knew me first) And I’m grateful for the hurt that learned to heal [Bridge] If we were lotus roots If we were smoke and seed If we were carved from the same old need Then let the thunder witness Let the night stand still I found a friend like a prayer And I always will [Chorus] You knew me first You knew me first (You knew me first) Like an angel in a human shirt You knew me first You knew me first (You knew me first) And I’m grateful for the hurt that learned to heal [Outro] So if it was a past life Or a blessing in disguise I’ll hold your light like scripture In the pocket of my life You came like a witness You stayed like rain on stone Now I know I’m not alone Now I know I’m not alone