Dry Bones
Micah Bournes Lyrics

Spoken word has a way of turning ugliness into beauty
The power of spoken word is such that it can transform something ugly into something beautiful

It's like the more I mess up, the better my writing
My mistakes and failures actually enhance my writing and make it better

And I guess I'm trying to be the best poet ever
I strive to become the greatest poet by expressing my experiences and emotions through my writing

I know this muck I'm in resulted from my own decisions
I acknowledge that the current difficult situation I'm in is a consequence of my own choices

So why do I feel like I never woulda chose this?
Despite knowing I caused this situation, I can't help feeling like it was something beyond my control

Let me assure you, this was not my plan A
I want to emphasize that this difficult situation was not what I originally intended or desired

Standing on stages telling rooms full
When I perform on stages and share my story with large audiences

Of strangers about the billions of ways I've failed
I speak about the countless ways in which I have experienced failure and shortcomings

And when it's over they cheer and say
After my performance, the audience shows their support and admiration

"You did so well"
They express their satisfaction and praise for my performance

And it's nice to know other people can
It is comforting to realize that others can relate to

Relate to my flaws
the imperfections and struggles I face

But I pray our aim is greater than
However, I hope that our purpose goes beyond

Commiseration
solely sharing and sympathizing with each other's hardships

Whether it's my sin or someone else's
Regardless of whether it's my own wrongdoing or someone else's

There's a difference between being authentic and crass
It's important to understand the distinction between being genuine and being vulgar

Courageously truthful and puttin'
Being bold and honest without

People on blast
shaming or publicly exposing individuals

When the prophet Nathan rebuked King
The moment when the prophet Nathan criticized King

David it was not to bring him shame,
David's rebuke was not intended to humiliate him

But to bring him to his knees in
Rather, it was meant to humble him and make him

Repentance
acknowledge and regret his wrongdoing

"I have sinned against God and God
"I have committed an offense against God and God

Alone."
alone."

I swear, my sole motivation for
I assure you, my only intention in

Pointing out the mud on anyone's face is so they can be clean
Highlighting the flaws in someone's life is meant to help them find cleansing and purity

And the only reason I display the
The sole purpose of revealing

Skeletons in my closet
the secrets and shameful things I hide

Is to show how God makes dry
is to demonstrate how God can restore

Bones live again
life to hopeless situations

Blessed is the man whose sins are
Fortunate is the person who receives

Forgiven
forgiveness for their wrongdoings

If my public disgrace brings freedom to
If my public humiliation leads to liberation for

Your secrets so be it,
your own hidden truths, then let it be

But don't call yourself speaking the
However, do not claim to convey the

Truth if all you do is confess,
truth if all you offer is mere confession

Complain, if your aim is only to get it
complaining, if your intention is solely to vent and

All out then you'll finish feeling empty, not relieved
release your emotions, then you'll end up feeling hollow rather than relieved

If death is the end there is no beauty
If death is the ultimate conclusion, there can be no inherent beauty

In lament,
in mourning,

You're either dead or you're dying stop
One is either already deceased or in the process of dying, so cease

Trying to make it pretty with rhymes
attempting to beautify it with poetic verses

Truth, with no hope is no better than
Truth without hope is no superior to

Hope that isn't true
false hope

Don't dare you waste my time railing
Do not dare consume my time by passionately denouncing

Against everything we already know is wrong
everything that we are already aware is incorrect

Neither do I need your optimistic
I also do not require your hopeful

Naivety
innocence and naiveness

"Things are gonna get better, just
"Everything will improve, simply

Believe in yourself"
have faith in your own abilities"

Ill-placed faith in my own strength is
Misguided trust in my own abilities is what caused

What created this hell in the first place
the creation of this dreadful situation initially

If we held the cure to our
If we possessed the remedy for our

Disease we wouldn't be sick
sickness, then we wouldn't be afflicted

We all need something greater to
We all require something superior to

Believe in
believe in

Greater than
greater than

Ourselves, greater than our sin
ourselves, surpassing our own sins

If we don't believe in greater then
If we don't have faith in something greater than ourselves

We're letting death win
we are succumbing to death's victory

Resurrection, is our only hope
Resurrection is our sole source of hope

Not merely souls floating through a
It's not just about ethereal souls drifting

Golden city in the sky
in a heavenly city made of gold

But corpses rising from the
Rather, it's about lifeless bodies emerging from the

Grave
grave

Scattered ashes reconvening into human
Dispersed ashes reuniting and forming human

Beings and breathing again
beings, once again alive and breathing

Hearts beating again, God
Hearts pulsating once more, God

Speaking again, proclaiming it is good, again, and forever
Speaking once more, affirming that all is good, once again and eternally

Forever now we live resurrected. Yes we
From now on, we live in a state of resurrection. Yes, we

Live resurrected even before death
are resurrected even before experiencing physical death

Resurrection begins with faith
The process of resurrection starts with having faith

Believers see new life manifested every day.
Those with faith witness the manifestation of new life daily.

Every day we are healed from sin's
Each day, we are freed from the consequences of sin and

Death. No longer separated,
death. We are no longer isolated or

At peace with God and neighbor and
estranged from God, our neighbors, or

Enemy and nature
even our adversaries and the natural world

No longer takers we give our
We are no longer only recipients; now we offer our

Lives
own lives

If we die with Him we will rise with
If we share in His death, we will also partake in His resurrection

Our Lord, embrace your crucifixion
Accept your own crucifixion, as our Lord did

Believe, death no longer has dominion
Have faith, for death no longer possesses power

Over Christ
over Christ

Touch his immortal wounds and
Reach out and touch His everlasting wounds and

See, death no longer has dominion over us
Witness that death no longer reigns over us

Death no longer has dominion over
Death no longer has control or authority over

Me!
me!

Pain becomes poetry, ugliness is
My experiences of pain are transformed into poetic expressions, and what was once ugly becomes

Beautiful
beautiful

The Beautiful One beaten beyond
The One of supreme beauty, who was brutally

Recognition,
disfigured beyond recognition,

The most grotesque injustice ever
The most horrifying and unjust act ever

Committed is now our only source of hope
is now the sole foundation of our hope

The Word of God said "it is finished",
When the Word of God declared "it is finished",

Fell dead silent,
everything fell into complete silence,

And on the third day, he spoke
and on the third day, He uttered His voice