[Intro – Chorus, moody chant over slow beat] In the days of judges, the breadbasket bare, Bethlehem’s house of bread — nothing there. Fields lie empty, hunger sings, Shadows stretch wide beneath famine’s wings. [Verse 1 – Naomi, sorrowful rap] My name is Pleasant, but sorrow bites, Hunger hollows out these endless nights. Children cry with no grain to eat, Our land of promise tastes of defeat. [Bridge – Elimelech, determined tone] Moab’s fields gleam when Bethlehem’s fail, We’ll sojourn awhile till the famine grows pale. Leave behind Zion, cross Jordan’s line, Seeking survival, not promise divine. [Hook – Chorus, mournful but rising] A family flees to a foreign soil, Searching for life, escaping toil. From famine’s emptiness, hope concealed, God’s hand is hidden, yet fate revealed. [Outro – Narrators/Chorus, soft foreshadowing] In barren ground a story begins, Of loyal hearts and redeeming kin. From famine to fullness, the journey will show, How mercy can blossom where sorrow will grow.
