**The Wild Seed** **Verse 1** They walked the halls of silver glass Where futures bloom in rows Each lantern held a sleeping name Each river softly glowed The keepers weighed the winter stars And charted every line Measured strength and measured grace And called the choosing kind **Pre-Chorus** Oh, the heart is old as moonlit stone Older than the maps we own **Chorus** We chose the tallest cedars The straightest branches grown Counted every petal Upon the roses sown But who will call the wild seed Blown in from the sea? The one no hand imagined The one still learning to be **Verse 2** They sang of health and sheltered days Of burdens left behind Of every wound foreseen at birth And every fault refined Yet in the orchard's perfect rows No blackbird built a nest The fruit was bright as polished gold But none could say why blessed **Pre-Chorus** Oh, the heart is old as river rain It does not bloom the same **Chorus** We chose the tallest cedars The straightest branches grown Counted every petal Upon the roses sown But who will call the wild seed Blown in from the sea? The one no hand imagined The one still learning to be **Bridge** There are songs that live in crooked trees There are stars that wander free There are gifts that hide in untamed fields Beyond what eyes can see If every path is lantern-lit If every stone is known Will wonder find a place to sleep Or wander on alone? **Instrumental Vocalise** Ah-na-lai... Ah-na-lai... Eira lo... Eira lo... **Final Chorus** We chose the tallest cedars The strongest roots below Measured every season And every way to grow Still somewhere rides the wild seed Over hill and foam Carrying a thousand worlds No chart could ever own **Outro** So leave one gate unfastened Leave one field to the sky For the sacred walks in mystery And does not ask us why The sacred walks in mystery And does not ask us why
