Stained Glass Stained Past
Sin Prism
Religious Doubt · Secret Regrets · Cinematic Alt Rock
#VERSE
Angie cried on the church playground when Jimmy scraped his knee
Felt every hurt like it was hers—blessed with a heart of empathy
She trained to be a pastor, to lift up the lost and weak,
But now that she’s ordained, she has doubts she dare not speak
#PRE-CHORUS
What’s always bothered her
Is the focus on sin
That God would strike the disobedient
Like a thunderous bowling pin
#VERSE
Each week, she plays the hypocrite, preaching to the flock
Cause at eighteen, she’d dumped her chastity vows in the church parking lot
It was after youth fellowship with a cute boy named Jim
Like Christ at her heart, Jim knocked, and she let him in
#PRE-CHORUS
And now the congregation
Listens to her every word
Jim is married to the organist
Oh, the rumors his wife’s heard
#CHORUS
Beyond the stained glass
Lurks Angie’s stained past
The memories of the big mistake
From her imperfect youth
Light illuminates the windows
As her Sunday sermons shine
But inside she prays intently
That no learns the truth
Stained glass
Stained past
Stained glass
#INSTRUMENTAL
#VERSE
Angie’s dad wasn’t religious, but mom strictly devout
When Ang applied to seminary, Mom proclaimed it far and loud
But mother never knew a detour had occurred
When Dad and Ang visited colleges, he said “Don’t ever say a word”
#PRE-CHORUS
Cause just across the line
Of a liberal neighbor state
Was the clinic where the embryo
Met its ungodly fate
#CHORUS
Beyond the stained glass
Lurks Angie’s stained past
The memories of the big mistake
From her imperfect youth
Light illuminates the windows
As her Sunday sermons shine
But inside she prays intently
That no learns the truth
Stained glass
Stained past
Stained glass
#BRIDGE
And, oh, how she regrets it
That Jimmy never knew
As she sees him and his loving wife
With kids: six, three, and two
And, oh, the weight in Angie’s gut
Since the day her mother died
Mom could have held her grandchild
If Angie had been Jimmy’s bride
#INSTRUMENTAL
#VERSE
The day Angie was ordained, a thought grew in her head
Now she blames religion and the church for the fact her baby’s dead
All the fear of judgement from a man up in the sky
Is why the baby was aborted and why Angie had to lie
#PRE-CHORUS
And just this morning from the pulpit
Angie broke down in tears
She said, “I know God isn’t real
And I’ve known it for years”
#VERSE
Cause if there were a God, there’s simply no way
He’d make teens want sex that ends with killing babies or disgrace
All of us are complicit in promoting this lie
That’s why, after today, I tell the church goodbye
#CHORUS
And on the stained glass
Shines Angie’s stained past
She’s spotlighted the trap
That plagued her religious youth
She’ll never pray again
She says it’s no use
She killed her own baby
And she’s faced the truth
Stained glass
Stained past
Stained glass
Stained past
Stained glass
Stained past
Stained glass
#OUTRO
As she thinks about the future
And this church that she’ll drive past
She won’t see a glimpse of heaven
Just pretty stained glass
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