This was the title song of our first album Medicine Lands.
When I wrote this tune I’d just read Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring and Whatever Happened to Ecology by Stephanie Mills and what I took from these titles was the idea of ‘is hope a thing called chlorophyll’ and it haunted me.
‘I stand in line, I hold the mirror to my face’ , admits my footprint was in need of examination.
Medicine Lands is a plea and a prayer to shelter these sacred lands. Remember ‘under the canopy lies the lifeline of Earth’. 
Joy Brooks - vocal/harmonies 
Caroline and Katherine Brooks - harmonies 
Fredrick Brooks - acoustic guitar/percussion
 Jeff Brackett - electric guitar 
Paul LaChappelle - bass 
Mark Congram - drums 
Chants - Brookfield (North) - Joy Gearing, Victor Fuke, Jay Olson, and Emerson Brooks 
Produced by Paul LaChappelle, Fredrick Brooks, and Jeff Brackett
 Recorded and mastered at Quest Recording

Lyrics

I stand in line 
I hold the mirror to my face 
The tree the rain and I, will fall before this day 
Beyond the boundaries there’s no reason to disagree
 Inhale the ancient rain the water of life speaks  

Under the canopy lies the lifeline of Earth - Maybe it’s Utopia 
Maybe it’s Utopia or the roots that hold us firm 
As tropical colours bleed  
Are we left with only black and white
 Is hope a thing called chlorophyll as we live out our life 

As years pass by and memories fade 
I’m reminded of the day 
When Chief Seattle spoke his words 
They scoffed in disbelief  
Shelter the Medicine lands
 Costa Rica - The Cameroons 
The lowland mystic mangroves
 See the highlands kiss the moon

(c) 1997 - Fredrick Brooks