The Choir Went Silent So I Sang My Own Eulogy

Intro The choir went silent, so I sang

Verse 1 I stood in the aisle they emptied out Read my name off the program sheet Nobody rose to carry the box So I shouldered my own weight The lamps were lit for a crowd that left The collection plate came back clean I climbed the steps to the open pulpit And preached to the rows between

Pre-Chorus No hands to raise, no amen back So I clapped my own two hands

Chorus The choir went silent, so I sang my own Stood at the altar and read my stone Preacher and corpse and the crowd of one I buried me and the work got done

Verse 2 I waved the hymnal nobody held Filled the empty robes with sound I rang the bell and dug the row And lowered myself in the ground A false prophet stops when the tent goes dark But I lit the lamp and stayed I gave the blessing, then I took it And signed my own name on the page

Pre-Chorus No hands to raise, no amen back So I clapped my own two hands

Chorus The choir went silent, so I sang my own Stood at the altar and read my stone Preacher and corpse and the crowd of one I buried me and the work got done

Bridge They all walked out and they took the song Left me the room and the right to stay So I learned every part by heart And I sang the whole damn choir away The choir went silent, so I sang my own Stood at the altar and read my stone Preacher and corpse and the crowd of one I buried me and the work got done

Outro I buried me and the work got done

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