Save One Seed

[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