Milk & Honey

Lyrics

[Intro]
Been walking through a desert all my life
Waiting for the fever to break
Looking for a different kind of prize
A thirst that water couldn't shake

[Verse 1]
They talk about a land of perfect ease
A paradise you're given, not you earn
I saw it in the way you offered peace
A quiet, patient, slow return
A porcelain bowl left out till ten
Promising I could begin again

[Chorus]
You're my milk and honey
A river in the driest sand
You're my milk and honey
The promised land held in your hand
A taste of something true and deep
A secret I was born to keep

[Verse 2]
Forget the world of contracts and of laws
The bitter wine, the complicated bread
We're closing all the curtains, shutting doors
To listen to the words that aren't said
This isn't taking, this is grace
The origins I can't erase

[Chorus]
You're my milk and honey
A river in the driest sand
You're my milk and honey
The promised land held in your hand
A taste of something true and deep
A secret I was born to keep

[Bridge]
Some would call this hunger a mistake
A sacred line we're not supposed to cross
But every rule was only made to break
To rediscover what was lost
This holy ground, this sweet supply
It's nurture and it's lullaby

[Chorus]
You're my milk and honey
A river in the driest sand
You're my milk and honey
The promised land held in your hand
A taste of something true and deep
The only promise I will keep

[Outro]
Milk and honey
Held in your hand
Milk and honey
Nursing the hunger back to land...