We Carry What We Love

Verse 1

Mama said walk soft when the ground is wet

I never listened till the flood came

Lift my brother when he stumble on the road

That's the lesson that I keep the same

Grandfather's names carved in the wooden gate

I trace them slow when I feel cold

Home is not the house it's the hands that raise

What you give is what you hold

Chorus

I'm building on the dust my father left behind

Every stone a story that I choose to keep

No they can't take the rhythm from my blood and bones

We carry what we love into the deep

Verse 2

Sunday cooking smell through the broken window

Rain against the tin like a steady drum

Uncle playing dominoes loud into the evening

Laughing till the whole street come

Phone calls from the city where the sirens sing

I answer with my landline load

Tell them I'm still standing where the roots run long

What you plant is what you grow

Chorus

I'm building on the dust my father left behind

Every stone a story that I choose to keep

No they can't take the rhythm from my blood and bones

We carry what we love into the deep

Bridge

Pressure bends the tree but it grows back strong

Weight on the shoulder still I move along

Blessing and the struggle share the same two hands

I hold mine out for what the morning plans

Chorus

I'm building on the dust my father left behind

Every stone a story that I choose to keep

No they can't take the rhythm from my blood and bones

We carry what we love into the deep