Remnants
Remnants Lyrics
Demon man put your heel on my neck
Preachin' to me, I'm not worthy of amnesty
No testimony to my final fate
Unlike you I'm not drunk on my reverie
[Chorus]
I will build a kingdom from my remnants
I will build a kingdom from my remnants
I'm nobody's leftovers
You will not use me up
Done drained my blood bone dry
Still will not use me up
My flesh to ashes burned
Take to the wind like dust
When will you ever learn
You will not use me up
And I will build a kingdom from my remnants
From my remnants
[Verse 2]
See it now, sure as the sun will rise
I won't hide my eyes from its majesty
With my war worn heart
With my battered hands
From a single thread I'll weave my tapestry
And I know the love will resurrect me
Oh I will build a kingdom from my remnants
I will build a kingdom from my remnants
I'm nobody's leftovers
You will not use me up
Done drained my blood bone dry
Still will not use me up
My flesh to ashes burned
Take to the wind like dust
When will you ever learn
You will not use me up
I will build a kingdom from my remnants
I will build a kingdom from my remnants
I'm nobody's leftovers
You will not use me up
Done drained my blood bone dry
Still will not use me up
My flesh to ashes burned
Take to the wind like dust
When will you ever ever ever ever learn
I will build a kingdom from my remnants
From my remnants, from my remnants
Yeah, from my remnants, from my, from my, remnants
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I was really focused on uplifting people out of darkness because I know there are a lot of people who have lived in some dark corners. This song has the lyrics “I will build a kingdom from my remnants.” It’s about reclaiming your power, saying no matter how many pieces have been shattered, you will be whole again. I was in the studio recording it and had to hide behind a wall because I was working with Darell and the genius producer Mark Batson and he told me, “I really want you to dig into it.” But I didn’t want him to watch me, so I was singing behind a wall. There was this anger and rage coming from me. Over the last year and a half, I’ve been playing around with this song on the piano a bit and I’ve turned it into this very sad, heartbroken midballad kind of thing. I can’t wait to play it live.
–via Glamour (2021)
