[Verse 1]
I came with my name in my pocket
And dust on my boots from the road
You stood there in rain and in heather
Like you knew the shape of my soul
Your hills never asked for a reason
Your river just called me by name
I laid down my worry at sunrise
And rose with a fire in my veins
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, I heard it in the rush of the pines
Oh, I felt it in the pull of the tide
Something old in me
Something waking free
[Chorus]
The land chose me
The land chose me
It opened its arms to my spirit
The land chose me
The land chose me
And lit up the deep parts of me (oh)
[Verse 2]
You gave me the gold of the morning
The black of the peat and the stone
The smell of wet earth after thunder
The comfort of not being alone
I walked through the fields like an answer
I stood by the sea like a prayer
And every rough edge in my shadow
You held it and turned it to air
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, I heard it in the rush of the pines
Oh, I felt it in the pull of the tide
Something old in me
Something waking free
[Chorus]
The land chose me
The land chose me
It opened its arms to my spirit
The land chose me
The land chose me
And lit up the deep parts of me (oh)
[Bridge]
If I was a spark in the darkness
You were the breath in the flame
If I was a lost little wanderer
You made me a home in your name
[Final Chorus]
The land chose me
The land chose me
It opened its arms to my spirit
The land chose me
The land chose me
And lit up the deep parts of me (oh)
The land chose me
The land chose me
I belong where the wild wind knows me
The land chose me
The land chose me
And I bloom where you hold me close (oh)