From the recording Even The Crumbs
Even the Crumbs is a tender, faith-filled ballad inspired by the Syrophoenician mother’s encounter with Jesus in Mark 7. Refusing to surrender to silence, rejection, or circumstance, she kneels before the Lord and declares that even the smallest portion of His mercy is enough to bring healing and freedom to her tormented daughter.
Carried by felt piano, nylon-string guitar, warm strings, and an intimate female vocal, the song captures the anguish of a mother, the persistence of genuine faith, and the limitless compassion found in Jesus. Even the Crumbs is a moving testimony that no one is beyond His reach and that even what falls from His table carries the power to heal, deliver, and restore.
Lyrics
Even the Crumbs
Version 2
[Title: EVEN THE CRUMBS]
[Language: English]
[Key: G]
[Tempo: 70 bpm]
[Style: Meditative ballad, 6/8]
[Voice: Solo female (mother) + light choir on final chorus]
[Instruments: Felt piano, nylon-string guitar arpeggio, soft brush kit, cello, violin pad]
[Spoken Reference Intro: Mark chapter 7 and verse 28 whispered over guitar]
[Mood Words: earnest, grateful, faith-filled]
[Mix: Warm tape saturation; vocal close-miked; subtle hall reverb]
[Ending: Sustained Gsus4-G, whispered reprise “Even the crumbs…”]
[Intro]
G D/F# Em C
[Verse 1]
G D/F# Em
I watched the demons torment my child,
C G/B Am7 D
night after night she screamed in pain.
G D/F# Em
No rabbi crossed our gentile doors,
C D G
until I heard You were walking my way.
[Pre-Chorus]
Am7 D
Crowds called You holy,
Bm7 Em
priests called You great;
Am7 D
but I was a mother
C/E D/F# G
with nothing but faith.
[Chorus]
G D/F# Em
Even the crumbs will heal,
C G/B
even the crumbs will save.
Am7 G/B C
Bread for the children first,
Am7 D
crumbs for the slave.
G D/F# Em
Call me a puppy, Lord—
C G/B
still I will kneel;
Am7 G/B C
even the crumbs that fall
Am7 D G
prove that Your mercy is real.
[Verse 2]
G D/F# Em
I felt the silence cut like a sword,
C G/B Am7 D
heard whispers say I had no right.
G D/F# Em
Yet hope kept burning inside my chest—
C D G
one spark of grace could end her night.
[Bridge (soft)]
Em D/F# G
You looked at me—divine and kind,
Em D/F# G
a Father’s heartbeat in Your eyes.
C G/B
“Let it be done,” You spoke at last,
Am7 D
and chains fell off my child’s life.
[Instrumental]
G D/F# Em C G/B Am7 D
[Final Chorus + Choir]
(repeat Chorus, add choir “La-la-la” harmony, crescendo, then gentle reprise)
[Coda]
C D
Even the crumbs…
G (hold)