Hosea’s Wife Lyrics

Hosea’s Wife lyrics

I just spoke silence with the seeker next to me

She had a heart with
hesitant, halting speech

That turned to mine and asked belligerently:
"What do I live for?"

I see the scars of searches everywhere I go

From hearts to wars to literature to radio

There's a question like
shame no one will show: "What do I live for?"

We are Hosea's wife

We are squandering this life

Using people like ladders and words like
knives



[CHORUS]

If we've eyes to see

If we've ears to
hear

To find it in our hearts and mouths, the word that saves is near

Shed that shallows skin

Come and live again

Leave all you were

To believe is to begin



There's truth in little corners of our
lives

There are hints of it in songs and childrens eyes

It's
familiar, like an ancient lullaby

What do i live for?

We are
Hosea's wife

We are squandering this life

Using bodies like money
and truth like lives



[CHORUS]



[BRIDGE]

We are
more than dust

That means something

That means something

We
are more than blood and emotions, inklings and notions, atoms on oceans