Why Won’t You Be One of Us?
Words and Music by Christopher Sopher
℗ CosmicCrusaderMusic.com (BMI/ASCAP)
℗ Published by Christopher Sopher Media, LLC © 2011–2025
Valley of the Sun Press – Music - Lyrics
November 23, 2025
You cried out for salvation
You cried out for salvation
Hands raised, eyes shut Begging for something holy
To wrap itself around your ruin But you never stopped feeding the storm
Why won't you be one of us? The ones who burn with knowing
The ones who carry fire in their chest You could've walked in light
But you chose the rot Why won't you be one of us
And I came, I came with light With hands that could lift
With words that could pull you free But you twisted my voice into a blade
Bent my truth into chains And called me the curse, it was my fault
Right, my fault You cheated, my fault
You lied, my fault You drowned in the weight of your own decay
That's what you needed me to believe Why won't you be one of us
The ones who detach Who move through this world untethered
Not begging to be seen or forgiven You stay with the whispers, the filth, the lies
Why won't you be one of us
I have the eyes and I see I saw the whispers slide in between
In shadows, laughter coiled in venom The shift in your breath
When you thought I wasn't listening I knew
Even when I didn't want to You wrapped your sickness in scripture
Folded your sins into the pages of a God You never truly sought
Your pews were silent And that silence was the only prayer ever answered
Why won't you be one of us
You were never made for this You'll never rise from the fire
You'll never hold the truth in your hands Because you let me drown
But I rose, I rose In the fire, in the breaking
In the silence you tried to bury me in And I found something you never will
The truth
