From the recording Nature's Crowning Jewel
Dearest Friend🤗,
What if the greatest treasures in the world weren’t buried underground🏴☠️…
…but living, singing, dancing right beside us?💃🕺
“Nature’s Crowning Jewel” was born from that question.🤔
The first time I heard Professor Ralph Kinscheck’s gentle piano motif🎹—the one that opens this song🎧—I immediately pictured children playing in a springtime meadow beneath a bright blue sky.👧🏞️👦 He, on the other hand, heard raindrops.🌧️ And starlight.✨
Somehow, that contrast made perfect sense.💡 Because it felt like we were speaking the same language: the language of nature.🌈
And that's when we realized what this song was meant to be about🎯:
Romance—through the eyes of a child.👦👧
Intimacy—that’s so pure that you don’t just see nature in your beloved🌸: you see nature in your relationship, too.💞
Not just:
"The way your hair flows like windblown leaves🌬️
The way your eyes light up like bright sunbeams🌞…"
but:
"I was an orca, swimmin' alone🐬...
We were two penguins, struttin’ around🐧...
'Till death do us part!' like coyotes howl🐺...
So our kids were the pride of a lioness🦁..."
I spent weeks studying animal courtship🕵️♂️—and months rewriting verse two🔂—until I could express love as it thrives in nature, in a way you could truly feel.📝
Professor Kinscheck spent weeks working on the beat drop at the end of the song, and months mixing it with help from mentors.👨💻
From concept to completion, "Nature's Crowning Jewel" took over two years—a labor of love marked by not a few failed release plans📉 (We tried to get it out on Valentine's Day...twice!🤣), several Zoom calls🤙, and countless voice and text messages💬.💝
But looking back, every delay was Divine timing.📆🕊️
This song needed to grow slowly...just like the kind of love it celebrates.🌱🌸🍒🌳
Now, “Nature’s Crowning Jewel” shines as a love song for every kind of beloved😍:
• For the one you’ve found💞…
• For the one you’re waiting for💓…
• And most importantly…for you.💗
Because YOU are nature’s crowning jewel.👑
So we pray that this song becomes part of your soundtrack.🎵 Your quiet contemplations😌 and cheerful celebrations🥳.🔊 Your happy harmonies💓 and your sad separations💔.🙃 Your wins of wisdom🪔 and your journey of joy🛣️.👣
And as you listen, we pray that you never forget💭: there is beauty in you that echoes all creation.🪞🗺️
Credits📋
• Lyrics📝 & Vocals🎤: Sparsh Shah (Purhythm)
• Music Composition🎵 & Production👨💻: Ralph Kinscheck (Ralphykeys) & Sparsh Shah (Purhythm)
• Mixing🎛️ & Mastering🎚️: Ralph Kinscheck (Ralphykeys)
• Cover Art🖼️: Jigisha Shah (i.e. my mom!)...with a bit of help from ChatGPT!
• Lyric Video📽️: Jigisha Shah
• Music Video📽️: Hiren Shah (i.e. my dad!)
• And finally, the BIGGEST thanks to our families, mentors, and everyone who waited patiently while this song slowly blossomed in the sunlight...including YOU.🌻 Thank you for listening to us.🎧 Thank you for believing in us.🙏 Thank you for encouraging us.💪 And thank you for including us in YOUR story.📖
With Musical🎵 Love💗,
Sparsh Shah🙂 (a.k.a. Purhythm🖖✌️) & Ralph Kinscheck👨🎤 (a.k.a. Ralphykeys🎹)
Lyrics
“Nature’s Crowning Jewel”
By: Sparsh Shah (Purhythm) & Ralph Kinscheck (Ralphykeys)
{Verse One}
“Every day is a new adventure with you;”
Just ‘cause it’s cliché doesn’t mean it’s untrue!
They may see a speck on this pale blue dot,
But I see all of nature hidden in that spot!
The way your hair flows like windblown leaves,
The way your eyes light up like bright sunbeams;
The way your ears perk up when you hear me speak,
The way you smile when a raindrop hits your cheeks…
The way your voice sings like birds on high,
The way your hands stretch like trees to the sky;
The way that your heart marches on to the groove,
And as soon as you hear it, the way your feet start to move…
Your whims, your quirks, your habits, your traits,
I fall in love with a new one every day;
And I haven’t been able to travel all of Earth yet,
But I’ll travel with you, love, until my very last breath!
{Chorus}
Lightning in the sky,
Diamonds underground;
Trees reaching high,
And water all around…
But you are nature’s crowning jewel!
Yeah, you are nature’s crowning jewel!
{Verse Two}
I was an orca, swimmin’ alone,
Lookin’ for love and a home;
Singin’ like I was the last of my kind—
But who knew that you I would find?!
We were two penguins, struttin’ around,
Tellin’ the world, “True Love we have found!”
Then we bowed, made our vows:
“Till death do us part!” like coyotes howl.
You’re the tree where I found rest,
So we started buildin’ our nest;
And the fruit of your womb was blessed,
So our kids were the pride of a lioness.
Now we’re like a wolf pack:
You lead from the front, I lead from the back;
And till we’re gone, we’ll love like swans,
Swimmin’ together from dusk to dawn! (And on and on…)
{Chorus}
Lightning in the sky,
Diamonds underground;
Trees reaching high,
And water all around…
But you are nature’s crowning jewel!
Yeah, you are nature’s crowning jewel!
Lightning in the—
{Post-Chorus Musical Breakdown}
{Chorus}
Lightning in the sky,
Diamonds underground;
Trees reaching high,
And water all around…