[Intro] [soft wind and birds in the distance] Moss on my shoes Dirt on my hands Breath in my chest like Old river plans [Verse 1] I walk slow where the tall trunks lean Every scar in the bark like a cracked TV screen Broadcast truth though the world don’t see Whole life coded in a single fallen seed Whispers twist in the cedar and pine That’s a thousand elders talkin’ through one thin line Every ring on the heartwood holdin’ time Every fallen branch say “nothing’s really left behind” Sky breaks open in a lattice of leaves Sun drip gold on the back of my sleeve I’m small as a stone in a canyon of green Still the ground know my name when I sink in my feet (yeah) [Chorus] Roots in the sky, branches in my chest I carry this forest where I rest If I lose my way, let the wind remind Every broken path is a piece of the design Roots in the sky, heartbeat in the ground I feel the whole world when I slow down If I fall apart in the city’s sound Let the trees sing back, “you were always found” (always found) [Verse 2] Breeze flip pages of the fern and the grass Like a slow sermon writ in a language of cracks Stone underfoot been countin’ our tracks Way before maps, way before maps I see ghosts in the smoke of my breath Ancestors rising from my lungs to my neck Say “guard what’s green, it’s a borrowed check You can’t cash out once the last leaf’s wrecked” So I bow my head where the wild roots weave Make small vows that my kids can breathe Let the rain write laws on my open sleeve Let the river take my anger and leave my belief (oh) [Chorus] Roots in the sky, branches in my chest I carry this forest where I rest If I lose my way, let the wind remind Every broken path is a piece of the design Roots in the sky, heartbeat in the ground I feel the whole world when I slow down If I fall apart in the city’s sound Let the trees sing back, “you were always found” [Bridge] Teach me the patience of stones by the stream The courage of saplings that split concrete The language of birds that say what they mean In three short notes and a lifted wing [Chorus] Roots in the sky, branches in my chest I carry this forest where I rest If I lose my way, let the wind remind Every broken path is a piece of the design Roots in the sky, heartbeat in the ground I feel the whole world when I slow down If I fade to grey in the city’s crown Let the trees sing back, “you were always found” (always found)
