"Sacred Name" lyrics
Janani K. Jha Lyrics
I see a face I recognize and my heart sinks like a stone
There was a time I could close my eyes, mark the blueprint of their home
They've had a kid, my life has slid, now we're two strangers, passing ships
I have a hundred friends like this
But you, you could know me in the deep end
See me in the sails
You'd pull me like a siren
Everybody that's met me knows me by a different name
I've been hungry for somebody who would see me and then choose to stay
'Cause when I crash into bed in the middle of the night
Want a heart that is steady and will rise with the tide
Oh, the myths from your lips
Say my sacred name (Say my sacred name)
Oh, the myths from your lips
Say my sacred name
Sometimes it feels like life's a wave and it's running from my shore
So many versions of myself that I killed 'cause I had to grow
You loved 'em all, answered the call, spun all the flaws right into gold
Never forget the night you told me
That it's supposed to sound like this:
Everybody that's met me knows me by a different name
I've been hungry for somebody who would see me and then choose to stay
'Cause when I crash into bed in the middle of the night
Want a heart that is steady and will rise with the tide
Oh, the myths from your lips
Say my sacred name
(Say my sacred name)
Oh, the myths from your lips
Say my sacred name
But you, you could know me in the deep end
See me in the sails
You'd pull me like a Poseidon
But you, you would know where every piece is
Make me whole again
You'd love me like Osiris
And I, I would swim until the edge of the world
If I could find you, give you what you gave me—
Love in the way I never heard it
Whispered in the currents
When you called me by my name
(And it's supposed to sound like this:)
Everybody that's met me knows me by a different name
I've been hungry for somebody who would see me and then choose to stay
'Cause when I crash into bed in the middle of the night
Want a heart that is steady and will rise with the tide
Oh, the myths from your lips
Say my sacred name
Say my sacred name
Oh, the myths from your lips
Say my sacred name
There was a time I could close my eyes, mark the blueprint of their home
They've had a kid, my life has slid, now we're two strangers, passing ships
I have a hundred friends like this
But you, you could know me in the deep end
See me in the sails
You'd pull me like a siren
Everybody that's met me knows me by a different name
I've been hungry for somebody who would see me and then choose to stay
'Cause when I crash into bed in the middle of the night
Want a heart that is steady and will rise with the tide
Oh, the myths from your lips
Say my sacred name (Say my sacred name)
Oh, the myths from your lips
Say my sacred name
Sometimes it feels like life's a wave and it's running from my shore
So many versions of myself that I killed 'cause I had to grow
You loved 'em all, answered the call, spun all the flaws right into gold
Never forget the night you told me
That it's supposed to sound like this:
Everybody that's met me knows me by a different name
I've been hungry for somebody who would see me and then choose to stay
'Cause when I crash into bed in the middle of the night
Want a heart that is steady and will rise with the tide
Oh, the myths from your lips
Say my sacred name
(Say my sacred name)
Oh, the myths from your lips
Say my sacred name
But you, you could know me in the deep end
See me in the sails
You'd pull me like a Poseidon
But you, you would know where every piece is
Make me whole again
You'd love me like Osiris
And I, I would swim until the edge of the world
If I could find you, give you what you gave me—
Love in the way I never heard it
Whispered in the currents
When you called me by my name
(And it's supposed to sound like this:)
Everybody that's met me knows me by a different name
I've been hungry for somebody who would see me and then choose to stay
'Cause when I crash into bed in the middle of the night
Want a heart that is steady and will rise with the tide
Oh, the myths from your lips
Say my sacred name
Say my sacred name
Oh, the myths from your lips
Say my sacred name
