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by Hem


Half Acre - Hem

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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 
     
My home