The Dust and the Soul

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

The hands I held are still and cold

The lips once kind, now silent, closed

The body breaks, returns to clay

But something deeper walks away

[Chorus]

The dust returns to dust again

But the soul, the soul remains

Not bound by earth, not lost in time

It reaches up to the divine

This broken flesh, it served its role—

Now glory clothes the living soul

[Verse 2]

We dress the grave in robes and tears

We name the years, we count the fears

But death can’t grasp what God has sealed

The breath He gave, it won’t be stilled

[Chorus]

The dust returns to dust again

But the soul, the soul remains

Not bound by earth, not lost in time

It reaches up to the divine

This broken flesh, it served its role—

Now glory clothes the living soul

[Bridge – ascending melody, whispered start growing louder]

You are not ashes

You are not gone

You are the song

Still rising strong

[Final Chorus – Half first, then full]

The dust returns to dust again

But the soul, the soul remains

(Not bound by earth, not lost in time

It reaches up to the divine)

This broken flesh, it served its role—

Now glory clothes the living soul