Where the Rainforest Meets the Reef

Описание: “Where the Rainforest Meets the Reef” is Track 2 of 13 from the album CReology of Cairns.

This song is a rootsy, heartfelt tribute to the Far North Queensland coastline — the place where mountain rain runs through green country and finds the blue. It’s a song for salt air and cassowary trails, for creek water and coral horizons, for those moments when the world feels loud but nature brings you back to quiet.

If you’ve ever felt your chest loosen when the green turns to blue… this is for you. 🌿🌊☀️

🎧 Written & produced by: Michael C. F. Cresswell
📍 Cairns, Queensland, Australia

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Lyrics

Verse 1
Sun comes up on a salt-wet breeze,
Mangroves humming through the paperbarks and trees,
Green hills leaning into turquoise truth,
And the morning feels brand new.
Cicadas sing like they own the sky,
Rainforest breath and the seabirds fly,
And every road I ever chose
Led back to where the river goes.
You can chase the world, you can chase your youth,
But the heart remembers what the land puts through.

Chorus
This is where the rainforest meets the reef,
Where the mountain rain falls down in sheets,
Runs to the sea like a promise kept—
Wild and free, wild and deep.
If you ever need a place to breathe,
Come find me where the green turns blue—
Where the rainforest meets the reef,
And the reef meets you.

Verse 2
Red soil stains on the barefoot track,
Fern-frond shadows and a backpack strap,
Waterfalls talking in a rocky tongue,
Old stories in the water run.
And I hear names in the wind at night, Yidinji (Yindinji) held in the firelight,
Yirrganydji (Yirrganydji) in the coastal air—
First Australians, always there.

Pre-Chorus
We don’t own this ground, we’re passing through,
We just learn to listen like the old ones do.

Chorus
This is where the rainforest meets the reef,
Where the mountain rain falls down in sheets,
Runs to the sea like a promise kept—
Wild and free, wild and deep.
If you ever need a place to breathe,
Come find me where the green turns blue—
Where the rainforest meets the reef,
And the reef meets you.

Verse 3
And the cassowary walks like thunder in the leaves,
While the coral glows like lanterns underneath.
Storm cloud rolls, then the sunlight breaks,
And the whole coast sings awake.
So take only what you need,
Leave the rest for the sea,
Say thank you to the land,
And let your worries drift downstream.

Chorus
This is where the rainforest meets the reef,
Where the mountain rain falls down in sheets,
Runs to the sea like a promise kept—
Wild and free, wild and deep.
If you ever need a place to breathe,
Come find me where the green turns blue—
Where the rainforest meets the reef,
And the reef meets you.

Outro
Where the rainforest meets the reef…
That’s home, if only for a moment.


Copyright: © 2026 Michael C. F. Cresswell. Lyrics © 2026 Michael C. F. Cresswell. All rights reserved.
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