[Verse 1]
Bare feet on the moss
Green ink on my skin
Every step wakes a root
Every breath
I breathe them in
Sparrows stitch the dawn
Through the branches high
Old names on my tongue
As I watch the shadows slide
[Chorus]
I walk the heartwood path
Where the slow streams turn like glass
Every leaf remembers
Every stone can speak me back
I walk the heartwood path
Let the wild world hold my hands
I am seed
I am ash
I am forest as I pass (oh)
[Verse 2]
Antlers on my brow
Braided herbs in my hair
Little fox at my heel
Silver eyes
Steady stare
Mushrooms bend like lamps
Round a fallen
Sleeping oak
I lay my palm to bark
Feel the thunder buried low
[Chorus]
I walk the heartwood path
Where the slow streams turn like glass
Every leaf remembers
Every stone can speak me back
I walk the heartwood path
Let the wild world hold my hands
I am seed
I am ash
I am forest as I pass (hey)
[Bridge]
When the iron roads come
When the cold smoke climbs
I will stand in the fernlight
Draw a circle
Draw a line
Whisper roots to rise
Call the thrush
Call the stag
Till the green breath answers
And the lost ways open back
[Chorus]
I walk the heartwood path
Where the slow streams turn like glass
Every leaf remembers
Every stone can speak me back
I walk the heartwood path
Let the wild world hold my hands
I am seed
I am ash
I am forest as I pass