I Am Not Afraid

[Verse 1] I was a boy in the dirt With a book full of fire They said keep your eyes down There's no way you'll inspire But the men in the fields Kept calling my name Like a match in the dark Like a door in the rain [Pre-Chorus] And I heard it rise Under the rafters A deeper voice Than the men who laughed at me It shook my bones It split the night wide I leaned in close And I said, let me see [Chorus] I am not afraid (I am not afraid) I will speak this name (I will speak this name) You can break my hands You can bruise this face But you cannot bury What I’ve been shown today [Verse 2] They met me with stone words Cold on the tongue On the stand in the chapel Hid light from the young I tasted their dust On my teeth and my lips Still I held to the light In the shaking of fists And I saw through the fear Like a crack in the wall A kingdom of mercy Standing after it all [Pre-Chorus] And I heard it rise Under the rafters A deeper voice Than the men who laughed at me It shook my bones It split the night wide I leaned in close And I said, let me see [Chorus] I am not afraid (I am not afraid) I will speak this name (I will speak this name) You can break my hands You can bruise this face But you cannot bury What I’ve been shown today [Bridge] Now the valley is listening The wheat bends low Every scar on my face Turns to something they know I was only a boy Now I stand where I stand With the wind at my shoulders And the truth in my hands [Final Chorus] I am not afraid (I am not afraid) I will speak this name (I will speak this name) You can break my hands You can bruise this face But you cannot bury What I’ve been shown today I am not afraid (I am not afraid) I will speak this name (I will speak this name)