empty vessels Lyrics

Sweet water only serves to make me thirsty

My alabaster jar collects the rain

It's used to water other people's pastures

Brimming vessels always empty out again

(At least it means I'm useful now and then)

Empty vessels

Fill me, fill me

I was made to pour out all my insides, fill me

I've been sitting in your highest cupboard, fill me

I was built to hold the weight of safety, fill me

Fill me, otherwise I'm empty

My belly filled with rich anointing oils

You snap me by the neck to break the seal

You touch me to your tongue and call it holy

The loss reminds me what it is to feel

(I guess it means that's worth the time it takes to heal)

Empty vessels

Fill me, fill me

I was made to pour out all my insides, fill me

I've been sitting in your highest cupboard, fill me

I was built to hold the weight of safety, fill me

Fill me, otherwise I'm empty

I am not a wellspring, not a fountain

I don't keep what I've been given

It's my lot to pour it out again, untouched

I will give it sanctuary

I will hold it deep inside me

For a time until you're thirsty, you're so thirsty

I'm so thirsty, I'm so -

Fill me, fill me

I was made to pour out all my insides, fill me

I've been sitting in your highest cupboard, fill me

I was built to hold the weight of safety, fill me

Fill me, otherwise I'm

Fill me, fill me

I was made to pour out all my insides, fill me

I've been sitting in your highest cupboard, fill me

I was built to hold the weight of safety, fill me

Fill me, otherwise I'm