Gold Skin, Golden Ground

Intro

Dust lifts gold before the sun

Feet find the ground my people run

Verse

Mine dump glowing past the fence

Copper light on rusted tin

Grandfather's boots walked this same dust

Now it settles on my skin

Pre-Chorus

Ground holds what the hands once carried

Gold in the soil, gold in the bone

Rise up slow with the morning turning

Feet remember, feet stay home

Chorus

Gold skin, golden ground

Gold skin, golden ground

Sun comes up and wakes the powder

Gold skin, golden ground

Verse

Taxi rank still soft with shadow

Sparrows lift where the workers stood

Dust and light are moving with me

Dancing where the diggers stood

Pre-Chorus

Ground holds what the hands once carried

Gold in the soil, gold in the bone

Rise up slow with the morning turning

Feet remember, feet stay home

Chorus

Gold skin, golden ground

Gold skin, golden ground

Sun comes up and wakes the powder

Gold skin, golden ground

Bridge

Every step I take is borrowed light

Every breath is someone's mine

Gold don't leave, it just keeps shifting

Settling soft on skin and time

Outro

Gold skin, golden ground

Gold skin, golden ground

Feet stay warm on golden ground