[Verse 1] Under the sod, they thread the dark Tiny split tongues, soft and stark Slimy kings in a mud-brown court Turning dead skin into new support They fold in coils, then cut a line Through wet black beds and roots like twine No eyes, no crown, just patient force A living disgusting in the earth's coarse course [Pre-Chorus] Hear them burrow Hear them bend Down below And back again [Chorus] Tiny earthworms Slimy and small Tiny earthworms You outlast us all Through the mud You take it in Tiny earthworms Begin again [Verse 2] After the rain, the ground goes soft They rise to breathe, then sink aloft Brown little engines in the loam Building a graveyard into home Every storm brings a thousand cuts Every step stirs hidden guts Still they twist where the iron breaks Making a path the daylight takes [Pre-Chorus] Hear them turning Hear them spin Under stone And under skin [Chorus] Tiny earthworms Slimy and small Tiny earthworms You outlast us all Through the mud You take it in Tiny earthworms Begin again [Bridge] Clean hands dig deep Find the seam A wet red shine A buried dream No fanfare No throne Just endless work In the dark below [Breakdown] Hook, hook In the loam Hook, hook Make it home [Final Chorus] Tiny earthworms Slimy and small Tiny earthworms You outlast us all Through the mud You take it in Tiny earthworms Begin again Tiny earthworms Turn the ground Tiny earthworms Break it down Through the mud You take it in Tiny earthworms Begin again
