[Verse 1 — acoustic guitar] They made my bones from yellow maize And filled my heart with growing days I ground my harvest into bread You asked why one small mouth went unfed [Pre-Chorus — warm harmonies] My own field waits beyond the hill I've never had the time to till [Chorus — melodic crescendo] Kernel by kernel, I disappear Feeding the lives that brought me here I give the harvest, lose the seed And call it love instead of need I'd scatter everything I own And find new soil to call my home But hungry mouths would greet the dawn If every stalk I grew were gone (One more harvest, one more year) [Verse 2 — syncopated bass] You want the bread without the grain A summer without sun or rain [Bridge — stripped acoustic] Was I created just to give? Or do I get a life to live? [Outro — layered harmonies] I save one seed inside my hand And dream of where it might be planted
