Síol an Phláinéid (Seed of the Planet)

[Intro][Style: solo unaccompanied female voice, sean-nós, free time] Mo chroí... mo chroí... [Style: Slow bodhrán pulse, uilleann pipes enter softly] [Verse 1] I came across the long, cold dark I was a candle, I was a spark I thought my mind was an island stone I thought the silence meant I was alone [Pre-chorus][Style: pipes swelling] But the rivers underneath were singing my name And the wind through the red grass was calling the same — [Chorus][Style: full band, anthemic Eurovision pop] Síol, síol, síol an phláinéid We are the song the soil remembers We are the spark inside the embers Síol, síol, síol an phláinéid We are the seed, we are the seed of the planet [Verse 2] Then the worms came warm through the fungal dark And they did not strike, they did not mark They put their thinking inside my own And the loneliness fell off me like a stone [Pre-chorus] And the rivers underneath were singing my name And the wind through the red grass was calling the same — [Chorus] Síol, síol, síol an phláinéid We are the song the soil remembers We are the spark inside the embers Síol, síol, síol an phláinéid We are the seed, we are the seed of the planet [Bridge][Style: deep overtone drone, throat singing, slow chant] Tá an phláinéid ag éisteacht Tá an phláinéid ag breathnú Tá an phláinéid ag canadh tríom We are not one We are not one We are not one We are — [Silence: hold ~4 seconds, single sustained low drone] [Final chorus][Style: emerging from silence, modulated up, layered choir] Síol, síol, síol an phláinéid We are the song the soil remembers We are the dream the planet's dreaming Síol, síol, síol an phláinéid We are the seed, we are the seed of the planet [Outro][Style: drops to solo voice, sean-nós] Mo chroí... an phláinéid...