The Earth

on Postcard #7 - Slab City - Songs from the Dust

2013

Lyrics

I am the soil, I lie to your feet. I catch
every fall of yours, support every step
you make. I let you walk all over me.
remember I am in you and you`ll be me.
I swallowed the old members of your
family. and every time you eat you`ll eat
a fruit of me til one day you`ll return into
this unity. I am the beginning, I held you
in my embrace. your eyes are now open,
see: I will be your way home, with both
feet still on the ground again I`m your
family.

however far you seem to get from me, I
still will be the center of your gravity. the
ball of fire I host inside of me gives light
to those who don`t forget they`re part of
me. grow stronger, grow lighter, lie down
on the earth to sleep, your mother, your
family

a fistful of dirt - you can throw it in their
face, or water it and plant a seed and
wait and be amazed. a wistful word,
whispered gently in her ear to sprout
and grow and bloom in her and never be
erased. I am the soil, I lie to your feet. I
catch every fall of yours, support every
step you make. I let you walk all over me.