Hymn of Morgan

Lyrics

Verse 1
Candles bleeding blue on the altar
Smoke like fingers tracing our skin
Bare feet
Cold floor
Hearts in a circle
We breathe your secret name in

Morgan
Host of the hungry
Morgan
Hand on the door
You bless every stranger we open
You make every guest ask for more

Chorus
Morgan
God of gentle sin
Fill us
Fill us
Pull us in
Holy hunger
Holy hold
Dark and sacred
Soft and bold
Morgan
Lord of open hearts
Open mouths and open parts
Lay your mercy down in us
Burning
Tender
Fierce with trust

Verse 2
Bodies pressed like pages of scripture
Sweat and incense under our tongues
Every gasp a low hallelujah
Every kiss a bell that is rung

Morgan
Lover of the outcast
Morgan
King of crooked grace
You turn every shy
Hidden longing
To a shrine in a stranger’s face

Chorus
Morgan
God of gentle sin
Fill us
Fill us
Pull us in
Holy hunger
Holy hold
Dark and sacred
Soft and bold
Morgan
Lord of open hearts
Open mouths and open parts
Lay your mercy down in us
Burning
Tender
Fierce with trust

Bridge
We sing for the shy boys
Scared in the pews
We sing for the old wounds
Purple and blue
We sing for the first touch
Trembling
Slow
We sing for the men who had nowhere to go

Chorus
Morgan
God of gentle sin
Fill us
Fill us
Pull us in
Holy hunger
Holy hold
Dark and sacred
Soft and bold
Morgan
Lord of open hearts
Open mouths and open parts
Lay your mercy down in us
Burning
Tender
Fierce with trust