[INTRO — A single low note like a cave breathing. Boots on dirt/heartbeat/whisper. Trombone: a slow, rising moan — like a root waking.] [VERSE 1 — Whispered Revelation] Under the skin of the world, I hear a hum A pulse in the soil saying, “Child, you’ve come.” I walk through the dark where the old roots twine And the ground beneath whispers, “You are mine.” [PRE-CHORUS — The Hum Rises] Every step I take, the earth replies A thousand hidden voices start to rise. [CHORUS — The Gospel] Oh, under the skin of the world, we rise A river of women with fire in our eyes We are the rootline, deep and wide The gospel of the unseen, walking side by side. (Brass swell — low, cathedral, seismic.) [VERSE 2 — The Lineage Reveals Itself] I feel the hands of the elders pulling through The ones who survived what I never knew Their breath in the dust, their names in the stone Saying, “You were never walking here alone.” [PRE-CHORUS — The Choir Gathers] Every scar I carry, every truth I hide Becomes a lantern glowing on the other side. [CHORUS — The Gospel Returns] Oh, under the skin of the world, we rise A river of women with fire in our eyes We are the rootline, deep and wide The gospel of the unseen, walking side by side. [BRIDGE — Ritual Call & Response] (Vocal): Who walks the dark with me? (Choir): We walk the dark with you. (Vocal): Who keeps the pulse alive? (Choir): We keep the pulse for you. (Vocal): Who holds the hidden line? (Choir): We are the rootline too. (Trombone: a deep, slow, bending note — like a tectonic shift.) [OUTRO — The Chant] (Chanted, layered, rising) We are the rootline. We are the rootline. We are the rootline. Under the skin of the world… We rise. (Final chord: low brass + heartbeat + a single breath.)
