Agate Lyrics

Layer by layer you lay me down

On the walls of a void in your womb underground

I'll take it year after year before my form is found

Telling the story of grace in my rings that go round

Like the grain of a tree, I am a scribe of time

The sediment You leave on my skin turns to rind

I'll take it year after year I will bear this grind

Until I'm smooth in Your palm, in your eyes I will shine

Patience is a virtue I can't wait to own

Seasons of pain leave bright rings on my soul

Seep into my pores

Make me overflow

So fill in the caverns of my hollow soul

Forcing in new life, hold me down, make me whole

I'll take it, tide after tide as I gasp through the cold

Leave Your mark on my heart, blood-red, bright, and bold

Patience is a virtue I can't wait to own

Seasons of pain leave bright rings on my soul

Seep into my pores

Make me overflow

Layer by layer you show me how

I am more than a beast with its hide to the plow

You take me piece by piece until I'm broken down

Leaving only You in every here and every now

Leave me only You in every here and every now