The Name that Destroys All Names

I've called you by a thousand names
Lit candles
Spoke in flames
Built temples out of breath and stone
Tried to call you on the phone
Read the books
Walked the roads
Carried all the sacred codes
Every map said something different
Every finger
Same moon

But the name that holds you
Can't hold you
And the word that speaks you
Goes mute

The name that destroys all names
Swallows every sound
The name that destroys all names
Lost and found
Lost and found

Allah, Jah, the great I Am
Krishna, Christ, the cosmic plan
Yahweh whispered in the flame
Every door
Same frame
Atheist and true believer
Scientist and palm reader
Fighting over words for water
While the river runs

But the name that holds you
Can't hold you
And the word that speaks you
Goes mute

The name that destroys all names
Swallows every sound
The name that destroys all names
Lost and found
Lost and found

What if I stopped talking
What if I stopped reaching
What if the mouth closed
And the ears started teaching

What remains
When the last name falls

Just this
Just this
Just this

The name that destroys all names
Swallows every sound
The name that destroys all names
Was always
Only
Me
The name that destroys all names
Burns the prison to the ground
The name that destroys all names
Here I am
Here
I
Am

Here I am
Here I am

Here

I

Am