Prompt / Lyrics
Verse 1 When I’m finally laid to rest, Lay me down in earth, not dressed In a box of polished wood, Let me go the way I should No flowers placed for eyes to see, No display of what was me Just the soil, soft and deep, Let the roots be where I sleep ⸻ Pre-Chorus Don’t hold me in a frozen frame Let me drift, let me change ⸻ Chorus When I die, let me become the ground Let my soul in the silence be found Turn my bones into life somehow I am not gone, I’m here right now In the wind, in the leaves, in the sky I’ll be free When I die… I become the tree ⸻ Verse 2 Don’t fill me full of chemicals Don’t make death a spectacle Lay me where the wild things grow Let the seasons take me slow Plant a seed above my chest Let it drink what I have left Every part I leave behind Feeds the roots and feeds new time ⸻ Pre-Chorus Every atom finds its place Nothing lost, just rearranged ⸻ Chorus When I die, let me become the ground Let my soul in the silence be found Turn my bones into life somehow I am not gone, I’m here right now In the wind, in the leaves, in the sky I’ll be free When I die… I become the tree ⸻ Bridge (slower, emotional lift) I was dust before I breathed I return to what I need Minerals and memory Growing into symmetry Every life I’ll ever be Starts again inside that seed ⸻ Final Chorus (bigger, full band) When I die, don’t you bury me down Lift me up where the roots surround Let me rise where the light can be Not an ending… a becoming tree In the rain, in the air, in the earth I’ll be free When I die… I become the tree
Tags
Folk-rock or acoustic cinematic, Acoustic guitar, Light strings or violin, Soft kick + toms, G Major or E minor
Duration
3:58
Instrumental
No
Created
4/20/2026