Lyric

Verse 1

Lanterns on dry soil

March wind in the dark

Sweet brew down the drain

Still it leaves a mark

Ferment finds a corner

Works where no one sees

Even in the gutter

It answers to the breeze

Pre-Chorus

Hearts can turn so easy

Cut you to the bone

Once they start to hate you

They bury what you’ve grown

Chorus

Lanterns on dry soil

Burning soft, not loud

I don’t bow to anger

I don’t chase the crowd

I bow to the sun

And the grain alone

Everything’s okay—

I stand on my own

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Verse 2

Mold and broken barley

Thrown into the ground

Laugh if you want to

Life is still around

Underneath the silence

Something’s breathing slow

Soil keeps its promise

More than hearts I know

Pre-Chorus

People turn like weather

Burn what they once held

Blame the taste of memory

For the love that failed

Chorus

Lanterns on dry soil…

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Bridge (Half-spoken)

Rice runs through the river

Markets rise and fall

I don’t kneel to prices

I don’t kneel at all

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Final Chorus (Stripped down)

Lanterns on dry soil

Fading into dawn

I bow to the sun

And the grain alone

Everything’s okay…

I’m still standing on my own