CubiZm

Lyrics

Corn (1993)

Green husk comes down, down, down
And back, one layer at a time
Silk shines underneath in golden strands just like
Your lovely light
But this little I gave up
And that little thing you gave
It stows itself inside itself
Your eye, my eye, one golden spike of grain
Drinking silently in the rain

We reach the kernel and think we found the truth
In pieces of child and specks of pain
We bite across, thoroughly in rows and on the cob
We find our nerves exposed
But this little thing I swallowed
And that Little thing you saved
It stows itself inside itself
Your eye, my eye, one golden spike of grain
Drinking silently in the rain

Tomorrow, the bones of the fruit come down, down, down
It’s compost, it all begins again
Until you hold back, and I climb back into my protective layer
Of silk and green
But this little thing I devoured
And that little thing you craved
It stows itself inside itself
Your eye, my eye,
One golden spike of grain
Drinking silently in the rain