[Intro]
We learned to listen where the river bends
And let a kinder kind of knowing begin
[Verse 1]
Grandma kept a Bible by the window in the heat
I found my own questions walking barefoot down the street
Not throwing out her wisdom, not pretending I know best
Just making room for living things to answer in their breath
Oak roots split the sidewalk, still they reached for rain
A seed can crack the hardest ground and rise without a name
So I took my doubt outside, let the morning teach me slow
That care is something practiced, not a place you have to go
[Chorus]
We can learn to love with open hands
Leave a little room for where each heart stands
Hear the wind, give the earth some care
Make a peace that we can carry everywhere
[Verse 2]
Black skin, bright spirit, many paths beneath one sun
No single road can hold the truth of everyone
Some find it in a prayer, some in soil beneath their knees
Some in how we feed a neighbor, how we let a grieving heart breathe
I’m done keeping score of who deserves a softer day
A stranger’s hurt is still a hurt; we don’t look away
When we plant what we can share and forgive what we can’t mend
We make a little shelter where a fractured world can rest
[Chorus]
We can learn to love with open hands
Leave a little room for where each heart stands
Hear the wind, give the earth some care
Make a peace that we can carry everywhere
[Bridge]
No test at the doorway, no soul turned away
Let the river hold our questions; let the trees make room to stay
I can honor where you’re rooted, you can honor where I roam
Peace begins when every living heart can feel at home
[Final Chorus]
We can learn to love with open hands
Leave a little room for where each heart stands
Hear the wind, give the earth some care
Make a peace that we can carry everywhere
Make a peace that we can carry everywhere
[Outro]
One earth, many ways to understand
Love is how we meet, hand in hand