Grain by Grain

[Verse 1] Sand beneath my fingernails, Forgot the name I used to wear, Sun-bleached photographs in piles, Of someone I don't recognize there. [Verse 2] My footprints fill before I turn, The dunes erase what I've become, Each memory a bridge that burns, While desert hums its ancient song. [Pre-chorus] The desert whispers: "Let it go," Each grain of me returns Below... (...returns Below) [Chorus] Grain by grain, I'm scattered wide, (aah) The wind claims pieces I cannot hide, My reflection fades in mirage light, (aah) Who was I before desert's bite? (before desert's bite) [Verse 3] Found a photograph half-buried deep, A stranger's smile, I might have known, The desert offers me its keep, In exchange for all I've... ever owned. [Verse 4] My shadow stretches thin and long, Detached from what it used to trace, The horizon hums, its siren song, While sandstorms carve away my face. [Chorus] Grain by grain, I'm scattered wide, (aah) The wind claims pieces I cannot hide, My reflection fades, in mirage light, (aah) Who was I before desert's bite? [Hook] Maybe I was always lost. Just borrowed bones, and skin, stretched taught... The desert only taking back, What it loaned me way back when, And I dissolve to where I've been... [Repeat Chorus] Grain by grain, I'm scattered wide, (haah) The wind claims pieces I cannot hide, My reflection fades in mirage light, (haah) Who was I before desert's bite? (I can't remember!) [Outro] But all we do is come undone, (I can't remember!) Until the wanderer and desert are one... [End] Copyright © 2025 by Melody&Grace https://suno.com/@melodyandgrace