[Intro – Wordless Harmony] Ahh… ahh… hey-ya… Ahh… ahh… hey-ya… [Verse 1] The river stitched the dawn in gold, The pines awoke before the sun. I laid my worries in the moss, And walked until they weighed on none. The blackbird knew the path by heart, The fox left silence in the snow. Every stone remembered names That only ancient waters know. [Pre-Chorus] If I am lost, don’t call me home. The wind already knows the way. [Chorus] Oh, carry me, mountain air, Over valleys, through the pine. Let my voice become the rain, Let your heartbeat answer mine. Oh, gather every wandering soul, Like roots beneath the same old tree. If the earth still sings my name, I have never ceased to be. [Harmony Break] Ahh… hey-ya… ahh… Ee-ya… ahh… hey… (Layered female choir weaving in close harmony.) [Verse 2] The moon poured silver in the creek, The owl kept watch with patient eyes. Every branch became a prayer, Reaching softly through the night. No crown was forged of gold or stone, Only fern and cedar green. Every breath became a vow To guard the places in between. [Bridge] We are echoes. We are rivers. We are fire after rain. When one voice rises through the valley, A hundred hearts will sing again. [Final Chorus] Oh, carry us, mountain air, Where the oldest stories grow. Every voice becomes a flame, Every heart a steady glow. If tomorrow speaks our names, Let it find us standing here— Hands in earth, eyes to the sky, Nothing held, and nothing feared. [Outro – Wordless Polyphony] Ahh… ahh… hey-ya… Ee-ya… ahh… hey… Ahh… ahh… (The harmonies slowly drift away until only a single sustained voice remains.)
