Oranges

(Verse1)

There’s an orange on the counter

In the middle of the day

Sun caught in the peel

In a quiet kind of way

Little lines across the surface

Like roads you’d never see

Every turn and tiny fracture

Fits perfectly

(Pre chorus)

I turn it in my hands

Thinking something small like this

(Chorus)

Every segment in its place

Every thread beneath the skin

All the bitter, all the sweet

Living side by side within

If it’s in the orange

It’s in us too

All that quiet detail

Running through

If the world can hold

Something this true

If it’s in the orange

It’s in us too

(Verse 2)

Break it open on the table

Little lanterns in a ring

Drops of light come running

From the smallest things

Seeds like quiet question marks

Buried in the gold

Tiny blueprints for an orchard

No one’s even told

(Pre chorus)

And I wonder when I see it

Something simple done this well

(Chorus)

Every segment in its place

Every thread beneath the skin

All the bitter, all the sweet

Living side by side within

If it’s in the orange

It’s in us too

All that quiet detail

Running through

If the world can hold

Something this true

If it’s in the orange

It’s in us too

(Bridge)

Maybe it’s nothing

Just fruit in the light

Maybe the pattern

Just happens sometimes

Still I can’t shake

The thought in my head

Something that careful

Doesn’t forget

(Final chorus)

If it’s in the orange

It’s in us too

All that hidden color

Breaking through

If the world can hold

Something this true

If it’s in the orange

It’s in us too