Lyrics
The old Martin guitar my father gave me
Had a crack running clear through the soundboard grain
I spent all of a Tuesday with wood glue and patience
A calloused thumb wiping the sawdust stain
[Chorus]
This is the good dust, from the sanding and the saving
A new song from the pieces left behind
This is the good dust, the holy mess I'm making
The only kind of perfect I can find
[Verse 2]
'Daughter, don't you hide the repair,' my dad would tell me
'Let 'em see how the broken thing was mended'
It ain't a scar, it's a testament, a story
A line of gold to show where the hurt has ended
[Chorus]
This is the good dust, from the sanding and the saving
A new song from the pieces left behind
This is the good dust, the holy mess I'm making
The only kind of perfect I can find
[Bridge]
You don't need a new foundation
When the old one's built on solid stone
Just gotta sweep up the wreckage and make a house of praise
To call your own
[Chorus]
This is the good dust, from the sanding and the saving
A new song from the pieces left behind
This is the good dust, the holy mess I'm making
The only kind of perfect I can find
[Outro]
Oh, the good dust
On my hands, in the light
About Selah Covenant
Selah Covenant has built, and rebuilt, her life three times over. Raised in New Mexico by a Tewa potter and an Irish stonemason, she learned faith with her hands. After three marriages—one a soft parting, one a storm, one a quiet dawn—she writes songs on the old Martin guitar her father gave her, not about fairy-tale endings, but about the beautiful, difficult work of mending what's broken. Her…
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