Crown of Gaia (Stripped Down Version)

[Verse 1] I found it in the rain Spun from root and clay Not gold, not glass, not bone Something alive in my hands It held the river map The beetle, thorn, and seed A ring of breathing earth Heavy in the palm [Pre-Chorus] And when I lift it up The fields start calling back Old green under my skin Old earth comes back [Chorus] A crown made of Gaia A crown made of Gaia Wear it on my head I belong to the dirt again A crown made of Gaia A crown made of Gaia Call my name in moss And I’ll rise from the bed of leaves [Verse 2] The oak knows my first name The foxglove knows my face Mud on the hem of night Moonlight on my wrists I used to beg the sky To make me something more Now I kneel to the ground And it opens like a door [Pre-Chorus] And when I lift it up The wild comes into view Every scar turns into vines Every loss turns blue [Chorus] A crown made of Gaia A crown made of Gaia Wear it on my head I belong to the dirt again A crown made of Gaia A crown made of Gaia Call my name in moss And I’ll rise from the bed of leaves [Bridge] Let the stone remember me Let the roots wind tight I was never made of fire I was made of light [Final Chorus] A crown made of Gaia A crown made of Gaia Wear it on my head I belong to the dirt again A crown made of Gaia A crown made of Gaia Call my name in moss And I’ll rise from the bed of leaves