Chapel Full of Smoke and Regret

Stained glass cracked, the altar’s bare The dust don’t rise, it just stares Pews all broken, hymn books torn The choir’s gone, the steeple mourns

I came back just to see What was left of faith and me Lit a match in the corner pew Watched the ghosts do what they do

It’s a chapel full of smoke and regret Every vow I made, I forget A preacher’s voice still haunts these beams But it only speaks in broken dreams No hallelujah, no amens Just ashes where the light had been It’s a chapel full of smoke and regret... And I keep coming back

I carved her name in the pulpit rail Thought it meant we'd never fail But the fire took her long ago Left me with things I’ll never show

The bible’s open on page 9 Where I first read “vengeance is mine” But I found none, just heavy air And silence sittin’ in every chair

It’s a chapel full of smoke and regret Every candle I lit’s gone dead They say forgiveness heals the pain But some of us still love the stain No sermon left to wash me clean Just echoes in this war-torn scene It’s a chapel full of smoke and regret... And it smells like me

It’s a chapel full of smoke and regret A house of prayer that don’t forget I ain’t the sinner they once knew — I’m just the smoke they’re passin’ through So if you kneel, just know the cost Of every soul this chapel lost It’s a chapel full of smoke and regret... And I still feel the flame

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