Lyrics
The lease I signed last June for this place in Corktown, Anna,
Is the first one I haven't planned on breaking.
The radiator hisses a low hosanna,
It's good soil, I guess, for the life that I'm making.
[Chorus]
So this is the prize, Anna, this is the calm,
My own two hands holding my own damn palm.
Yeah, this is the win, this is the quiet part,
A grafted root over a buried heart.
[Verse 2]
Remember that ficus we nearly killed twice?
I deadheaded the rot, gave it new window light.
It's green and it's patient under this Michigan sky,
But I swear it's just learning a new way to die.
[Chorus]
So this is the prize, Anna, this is the calm,
My own two hands holding my own damn palm.
Yeah, this is the win, this is the quiet part,
A grafted root over a buried heart.
[Bridge]
'You just need to sit still,' is what you always said.
Well, the stillness is finally settling in my head.
(Song fades to silence... 3-second pause)
[Outro]
Just the dust motes dancing...
on your side of the bed.
About Marvin Gates
Born in Detroit to a UAW worker and a librarian, Marvin Gates was a soul prodigy who nearly lost it all. At 28, he hit a quiet rock bottom, pawning the vintage Fender Rhodes his grandfather had given him. Getting sober wasn't just about putting down the bottle; it was about rebuilding a life from the ground up. Now, seven years clean and working part-time in a plant nursery, his sensual soul-funk…
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