[Intro] Frost across the frozen field Husk wrapped tight against the cold I was counting borrowed breaths Underneath the winter's hold [Verse 1] They saw the famine, saw the frost Saw a seed that lost its way They didn't see the life I was Folded in a husk of clay Heaven hides its heirs in dirt And plants them in the poorest ground So no one sees the crown of green Till the roots have wrapped around [Pre-Chorus] Call it failure, call it fall I call it cover, that is all Every bruise was camouflage Every scar became a wall [Chorus] The weight was never random It was the husk around my birth Buried like a seed, not a body Breathing underneath the earth No plaque, no platform, no paper crown Just the Spirit in my feet I was never lost, just underground Waiting for the soil and me to meet [Verse 2] Spades came turning through the rows Digging every hidden place But the dark was my disguise And the dirt was my embrace Drank the rain that no one saw Seeping where the soil was thin The old husk stopped holding on So I let the new life in [Pre-Chorus] Call it failure, call it fall I call it cover, that is all Every bruise was camouflage Every scar became a wall [Chorus] The weight was never random It was the husk around my birth Buried like a seed, not a body Breathing underneath the earth No plaque, no platform, no paper crown Just the Spirit in my feet I was never lost, just underground Waiting for the soil and me to meet [Bridge] Someone passing through the field Pressed a blessing in the loam Never asked me where I'd been Only whispered, "Grow, you're home" Angels walk in thrift-store coats Scattering what no one sows [Final Chorus - key change up, choir] The weight was never random It was the husk around my birth Buried like a seed, not a body Now I'm breaking through the earth No plaque, no platform, no paper crown Just the Spirit in my feet I was never lost, just underground Now the soil and I have come to meet [Outro] Spring came softly through the stone First green stem against the sky Every root that held me down Was holding me so I could rise
