Religion is what you desire
That’s what the old ones said
I desired love like fire
It just left smoke in my bed
Same script
Same late-night silence
Same unanswered stare
Every hope hit that hard brick wall
Till the weight was too much to bear

So I burnt my desire to ashes
Watched it curl
Watched it climb
Every “please stay” and “will you love me?”
Gone in a red-gold line
Long live freedom
My fierce new choir
Singing low in my chest
You’re my only
My only empire
My dear spiritual guest

I remember counting maybes
Like rosary beads in my hand
Praying to passing strangers
To finally understand
Now the altar’s an empty table
And I’m laughing at the sky
If devotion means self-erasure
Then this is my goodbye

So I burnt my desire to ashes
Watched it curl
Watched it climb
Every “please stay” and “will you love me?”
Gone in a red-gold line
Long live freedom
My fierce new choir
Singing low in my chest
You’re my only
My only empire
My dear spiritual guest

No more begging at locked doors (hey!)
No more bargains in the dark
I’ll let the quiet answer
From that small and stubborn spark

Yeah I burnt my desire to ashes
Let it rise
Let it fly
Every old script
Every old story
Disappearing in the sky
Long live freedom
My final choir
In the ruins of that quest
Stand beside me
Invisible fire
My dear spiritual guest