(Dan Messe)



I am holding half an acre

Torn from the map of Michigan

And folded in this scrap of paper

Is the land I grew in



Think of every town you've lived in

Every room you lay your head

And what is it that you remember



Do you carry every sadness with you

Every hour your heart was broken

Every night the fear and darkness

Lay down with you



A man is walking on the highway

A woman stares out at the sea

And light is only now just breaking



So we carry every sadness with us

Every hour our hearts were broken

Every night the fear and darkness

Lay down with us



But I am holding half an acre

Torn from the map of Michigan

I am carrying this scrap of paper



That can crack the darkest sky wide open

Every burden taken from me

Every night my heart unfolding