Nobody Eats Alone

That patch of green and gray on the rock, on the tree Looks like one thing, but it's actually company A fungus and an alga, shook hands long ago One brings the shelter, one brings the sunlight glow

Nobody eats alone, nobody grows alone Every mouth you'll find is sharing with its own Partner in the dark, some helper down below Nobody eats alone, that's just how the living things go

The fig tree needs one wasp, and only that one kind To carry pollen inside where the flowers hide The wasp needs the fig back, a nursery, a home Neither one could do this dance completely on its own

Nobody eats alone, nobody grows alone Every mouth you'll find is sharing with its own Roots and fungus trading sugar for a mineral loan Nobody eats alone, that's just how the living things go

You've got trillions riding with you, right now, in your gut Doing digestion you couldn't manage shut Alone in a body with no help from the crowd You're a whole cumbia loud, more than one dancer alone

Nobody eats alone, nobody grows alone Every mouth you'll find is sharing with its own Look closer at anything that seems like it's alone You'll find a partner keeping the whole rhythm going strong