Flesh and Hunger lyrics

My flesh screams louder Than any psalm or sign The world promises everything And charges in flesh and bone I wanted more than I was given More than I could ever hold I drank desire like medicine And let it rot inside my soul They called it faith, I felt control They called it love, I felt the chain Every promise tasted holy Until it spoke my name My flesh is hunger My blood is need I kneel to nothing That won't bleed If this is sin, I wear the mark Carved deep in bone and hand I'd rather burn in honest fire Than kneel where I can't stand I turned affection into currency I sold my peace for heat I learned the price of wanting Is never knowing when to eat Every altar had a mirror Every prayer sounded like me I asked for bread and meaning They fed my vanity I chased the taste of salvation Down every darkened hall The more I tried to fill the void The less I felt at all My flesh is hunger My blood is need I kneel to nothing That won't bleed If this is sin, I wear the mark Carved deep in bone and hand I'd rather burn in honest fire Than kneel where I can't stand I don't fear hell or heaven I fear the empty plate The quiet after craving When nothing tastes like faith Take your rules and holy hunger Your polished shame and scars I've met my gods in alleys And they all looked like us My flesh is hunger My blood is need I kneel to nothing That won't bleed If I'm damned for wanting more Let the record understand I chose the truth of appetite Over a borrowed promised land Over a borrowed promised land