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Sprouted Heart

by Quinn EarthChild

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    Sprouted Heart is an ode to the spellbinding feeling of falling in love so deeply that you feel like your heart could split open like a sprouting seed.
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I wish my split heart would burst open just like a seed, and then my universe would pour out over you like the sea We’re like the sea, you and me. Were like the sea, you and me. And then we would spend the summer nesting inside hollow trees, and then my split halves would curl towards the sun just like leaves. We’re just like leaves, you and me. We’re just like leaves: A heart full of love just like a seed must burst to sprout, its halves must be cleaved by the yearning of growth as they swell to lift their faces towards the warmth of the radiant sun. Croak with crows, curl with vines reach inside, my heart will swell and burst just like a seed, croak with crows, curl with vines see inside my heart’s full of sun just like a seed. Were just like seeds, you and me. A heart full of love just like a seed must burst to sprout, its halves must be cleaved by the yearning of growth as they swell to lift their faces towards the warmth of the radiant sun.

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Sprouted Heart is an ode to the spellbinding feeling of falling in love so deeply that you feel like your heart could burst.

My synaesthesia at the time filled me with visions of the fresh growth and blooming wild roses, waves of warm sunshine in winter and a feeling that all of my love could pour out over the person I loved like honey filled with stars.

Love isn't always sunshine and wild roses though, and that's why I use the metaphor of a seed having to break in half in order to sprout and grow, because love can ache like one’s heart is breaking in two.

Sprouted Heart was one of the first songs I ever wrote, and the first I wrote on a classical Guitar all the way back in 2018. I simultaneously wrote the poem (which quickly became the song) and created a piece of artwork illustrating my visions.

The original artwork didn't make the album cover because I wanted embrace how my ideas of love and my artistic abilities have grown since then. But the artwork is still on my Instagram and still available as a print to anyone interested.

The design on the cover is the same design I have gold leafed onto my current classical guitar. I needed this song to finally make it out into the world before releasing my newer work.

Everything I have written today started here, and I feel like this has become a touch stone to how I see life. Sometimes growing hurts a little, but it’s worth it in the end. I hope you all enjoy!!

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released January 25, 2024

Written, performed and recorded by Quinn EarthChild (GMT), mixed and mastered by Isaac Barter. Artwork also by Quinn EarthChild.

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Quinn EarthChild Melbourne, Australia

Quinn EarthChild is a queer Artist, Musician, Eco-Nerd, Crafts-person and Circus Performer from Melbourne, Australia. They document most of their creative projects via Instagram @quinnearthchild.

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