[introduction, a slow breathing inhaling and exhaling] I sit up under this oak tree Breath in, exhale out Breath in, exhale out The oak takes what I give Turns my carbon dioxide into the air I live Oxygen rides in my blood to every cell Feeding the life that only breath can tell Breath in, exhale out Breath in, exhale out Me and the tree in the same song In and out where we belong First cry when we’re born, first inhale we take First exhale a scream, life awake Every creature starts the same way too In and out, the rhythm rings true Up in the branches, the birds do it too Breathing in, breathing out, same as me and you Wings still, chests rise, they don’t even think Small lungs, same air, on the very same brink Breath in, exhale out Breath in, exhale out Me and the tree and the birds in one song In and out where we all belong Oxygen hits my blood, rides the red stream Carbon dioxide leaves, completes the dream The tree drinks it in, gives oxygen back One breath, one loop, no turning back For the deer in the field and the fish in the stream For the roots underground and the life in between All of us breathing the same holy air One in, one out, showing we care Breath in, exhale out Breath in, exhale out Me and the tree and the birds and all In and out as the great breath calls So slow it down and listen close The world is breathing with you, you know In and out, a sacred sound Life and air and holy ground Breath in, exhale out Breath in, exhale out Me and the tree and the birds and all In and out as the great breath calls
