EARTHEATER – Faith Consuming Hope

“I stayed with nuns a lot while growing up, and it was while asleep in the monastery that I had a lot of dreams — some of which I remember being quite sexual and foreshadowing of a life and world I couldn’t even imagine — glimmers of a life very much like the one I inhabit now. I loved the nuns and the devotion and peace they showed me. I thought I might become a nun myself for a while. I helped take care of the goats and painted egg tempera icons. I remember, while working, I could feel a cheeky and powerful pull growing inside me. I followed that lust, without fear of failure or misunderstanding, towards my own divinity undefined by any dogma and I can only describe that feeling as having faith.” – Eartheater

The only way out of this is through Flames are but dew Upon my skin with you I’ve seen the phoenix rise Out of our ashes Born out Born out of it Born out Born out of it

The only way out of this through Cross my heart and hope To die is to elope I’ve seen the phoenix rise Out of our ashes Born out Born out of it Born out Born out of it Borne out Borne out

Hope has a leak for doubt to seep in Cross my heart with no doubt That I rode it to the grave Through the pressure Through the pressure Through the pressure and its phases Up from the bedrock to the necklace Faith has no doubt Like the ashes of a phoenix