[Verse 1]
Old oak roots
Curl under my feet
River carves its quiet rule
Through fields of wheat
I watch the mountains
Breathe out in the dawn
Ash and rain and thunder
Long before we're gone
[Chorus]
I don't need a headline
To know this earth is real
I feel the seasons turning
In the soil
In the chill
Storms will come and wander
Then fade from the sky
But this living
Breathing planet
Needs our care
Not a lie
[Verse 2]
Ice-age stories
Written deep in stone
Deserts that were oceans
Long before our bones
Weather loves to wander
Always has
Always will
But smoke above the cities
Doesn’t rise there standing still
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Call it by its true name
Heat that doesn’t break
Forests turning ember-red
Rivers out of shape
We can argue labels
Shout across the land
Or plant a thousand seedlings
And cool it with our hands
[Chorus]