People of the Corn

Intro

Mm-hmm

Mm

Oh-oh

Verse 1

Before the mountains stood

before the trees had grown

the sky held everything alone

and under it the sea was still

No bird no fish no stone

no forest and no name

the world had not yet learned to speak

and silence was the same

Pre-Chorus

Then the Makers came

and spoke in the dark

with thought and not with hands

and the earth appeared

Chorus

And we are the people of the corn

buried in the dark until the morning

and we are the people of the corn

the seed breaks open

the seed breaks open

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Oh-oh

Verse 2

They shaped us out of mud

and we fell apart

they shaped us out of wood

and we forgot the heart

Then the rain came down

and the wood turned to monkeys

but the Makers were not finished

they were never finished

Pre-Chorus

So they ground the yellow maize

they ground the sacred white

and they breathed us into being

with the memory of light

Chorus

And we are the people of the corn

buried in the dark until the morning

and we are the people of the corn

the seed breaks open

the seed breaks open

Bridge

Two brothers walked below

where the Lords of Death were waiting

they lost and then they won

they died and then they rose

Death is not the ending

death is not the ending

the river carries what we cannot see

Chorus

And we are the people of the corn

buried in the dark until the morning

and we are the people of the corn

the seed breaks open

the seed breaks open

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Oh-oh

Outro

Someone still plants the corn

someone still tells the story

the sun comes up again

the sun comes up again