This is how we grieve
This is how we love
You mix water with the dirt, you grow shoots, you make mud
This is where we grieve
This is where we love
From the same patch of earth springs flowers and the flood
Flowers and the flood

My heart’s a field, come walk it, you’re invited
Your boots will sink, but feel the grass is high
The soil is rich because for you I’ve cried
The levees broke when you spoke like a stranger
The sadness flowed and covered every acre
And still I know I want you in my life

This is how we grieve
This is how we love
You mix water with the dirt, you grow shoots, you make mud
This is where we grieve
This is where we love
From the same patch of earth springs flowers and the flood
Flowers and the flood

My heart’s a field, come walk it, you’re invited
Your boots will sink, but feel the grass is high
The soil is rich because for you I’ve cried
(This is how we grieve)
My heart’s a field, come walk it, you’re invited
Your boots will sink, but feel the grass is high
The soil is rich because for you I’ve cried

This is how we grieve
This is how we love

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words and music by Shannon Curtis
published by Shannon K (ASCAP)
all rights reserved; lyrics reprinted by permission