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You stand where Banksia grips sandstone
Salt wind combs through she-oak needles
Harbor breathes in sodium rhythm
Iron heart beats slow, a tidal prism
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Dusk settles on the headland stone
Eucalyptus shadows stretch long
You've weathered every storm alone
Anchored where the wild waves belong
Iron roots hold fast in Sydney dusk
Salt cannot rust this sandstone trust
You're welded deep where kelp forests sway
Iron roots hold fast, you're here to stay
Correa bells chime in evening breeze
Salt-sweet lullabies drift through the trees
You listen with the patience of stone
While container ships trace lines unknown
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Dusk settles on the headland stone
Eucalyptus shadows stretch long
You've weathered every storm alone
Anchored where the wild waves belong
Iron roots hold fast in Sydney dusk
Salt cannot rust this sandstone trust
You're welded deep where kelp forests sway
Iron roots hold fast, you're here to stay
Xanthorrhoea spears pierce violet sky
Grass trees bloom where lesser roots would die
You share their slow and silent strategy
Photosynthesis in steel chemistry
Southern Cross wheels overhead
No compass, chart, or plotted course
You are the bedrock, harbor's heart
A living fossil, ancient force
Iron roots hold fast in Sydney dusk
Salt cannot rust this sandstone trust
You're welded deep where kelp forests sway
Iron roots hold fast, you're here to stay
Morning tide will lift the harbor mist
But you'll still hold when dawn has kissed
Banksia cones release their seed in fire
You're iron-rooted, ancient, never tire
Iron roots hold fast in Sydney dusk
Salt cannot rust this sandstone trust
You're welded deep where kelp forests sway
Iron roots hold fast, you're here to stay
Iron roots hold fast in Sydney dusk
You're here to stay