Sermon on an Empty Plate

Intro (spoken, over Em) (half-sung, half-spoken) Em We eat far more than the body needs… Not from hunger — but from habit. Food became our favorite medicine, And our favorite distraction. Verse 1 Em We eat when we’re bored, we eat when we’re stressed C We eat just to feel like we’re finally at rest Em Not to be nourished, not to be whole D Just to quiet down the ache in the soul Em We call it dinner, we call it care C But most of the time it’s just being unaware Em We feed the feeling, we don’t feed the need D We’re chasing a calm that we never receive Chorus G Fasting breaks the cycle D Cuts the noise right down Em When the food is gone C The truth comes around G You call it discomfort D I call it the veil Em That’s just withdrawal C From a system for sale Verse 2 Em When food is removed, the body don’t quit C It recalibrates, it gets its grip Em Energy steady, the mind gets clear D You finally hear what you couldn’t hear Em Real hunger’s quiet, craving screams C One is the body, one is the machine Em They taught you to fear an empty plate D So you never learn your natural state Chorus (repeat, stronger) G Fasting breaks the cycle D Cuts the noise right down Em When the food is gone C The truth comes around G You call it discomfort D I call it the veil Em That’s just withdrawal C From a system for sale Bridge (spoken over Am → Em) Am Highly processed, blood sugar wild Em A lifetime customer, fed from a child Am Symptoms managed, never resolved Em Just enough health to keep you involved Am If you knew how little you really need Em How strong your body is underneath Am Whole industries would lose their hold Em If you learned what your hunger told Verse 3 Em They call fasting extreme, they call it wrong C But ignorance is what kept it strong Em You don’t fast to punish the plate D You fast to separate truth from bait Em You don’t reject food, you don’t refuse C You just take back the right to choose Em To see with clarity, eat with restraint D To rule your body, not be a tenant Final Chorus (bigger, gospel feel) G Fasting breaks the cycle D Lets the light get in Em You see real hunger C And you see real sin G Not in your body D But in the lie Em That you’re weak without it C That’s the alibi Outro (spoken, slow, over Em) Em You eat again… But now you see. With awareness. With restraint. With sovereignty. (let the last Em ring)