Experience

Verse

Tennessee heat, summer night, jar of brown on the step

Fireflies blinkin’ slow like they’re mournin’ something not dead yet

I was talkin’ to the dark when a man stepped outta thin air

No wings, just weary eyes and a weight too big to bear

Said, “Name’s Ezekiel, son, I’m the angel of change.”

Verse

I laughed till his sorrow shut me up cold

Asked, “What’s the meaning of life?” like a drunk fool bold

He answered one word: “Experience,” nothin’ more, nothin’ less

Left me leanin’ on the railin’ with a storm in my chest

Said, “You’re here to taste the sweet and swallow the pain

Love till it rips you, lose till you’re sane again.”

Chorus

This ain’t about winnin’, boy, it ain’t about gold

It’s the way your baby’s hand feels when the night gets cold

It’s dancin’ in the kitchen when the lights go black

Forgivin’ your brother when he stabs your back

We’re the fifth try, Lord’s runnin’ outta grace

He’s tired of watchin’ us wreck this place.

Verse

I said, “Fifth try? What you talkin’ ’bout, angel man?”

He looked past the cornfield like he saw the whole plan

“Four times before you built your towers high

Four times you burned ’em down and made the angels cry

God wipes the board when the madness wins

Starts over with new skin and the same old sins.”

Bridge

He touched my face, broke every rule in the book

Tears on an angel’s cheek—man, you shoulda seen that look

Said, “I ain’t supposed to talk, but I love y’all too much

To watch you blow the last chance with your reckless touch.”

Verse

Then he was gone, smoke in a midnight breeze

Left me holdin’ five years of what-ifs and please

Some call me crazy, some laugh in my face

But I still feel him standin’ when I’m lost anyplace

Every sunrise, every tear, every cheap beer kiss

I hear him whisper, “Feel this, boy—this is it.”

Chorus

So here’s to Ezekiel, wherever you roam

For lovin’ us fools enough to break heavenly code

We’re here to experience—laugh, bleed, love, burn

Till the final trumpet sounds and the wheels of the world don’t turn

Rendition number five, clock’s runnin’ dry

Lord, let us feel it true before we say goodbye.

Outro

Taste the rain, hold on tight

Love like tomorrow ain’t comin’ tonight

We’re here to experience…

Amen, and goodnight.