Official Music Video - Still A Hero (A Thousand Leaves) - Kelly Boesch | 4K

This is probably the most personal song I have written yet. I went home last month to visit my birth father. I recently wrote about my step-father passing away. My birth father is still alive and I went to visit the home town I grew up in and to visit my dad. I have always been a daddy's girl and have the most wonderful memories of my childhood. My father was the coolest dad of all of my friends. He's also extremely smart and creative. I had hippie parents growing up. My dad had a ponytail, wore Jesus sandals and tie dye. He loves jazz and turned us on to all types music, and is a musician himself. He was a radio DJ when I was a kid. He had the coolest friends and we had a very fun childhood. When I talk to my dad I feel he doesn't think he was a good father but my memories of my childhood are so wonderful and I remember all of the good things. He is the most loving dad and always tell us how much he loves us. This song is also about my love of Ohio and the beautiful green that you experience when you go there in the warmer months. Spectacular actually. My sister and I rode bikes for miles through the Cuyahoga Valley along the walking and bike path there. So many memories flooded back. The smell of the forest, the sound of the birds, the lush green landscape, the old farm houses, the corn fields. It fills my heart with so much emotion. I left many years ago and for the longest time I never looked back. But as I've gotten older I appreciate the beauty so much more. I wrote about all of this in this song. It took me about a month to finish this song. I kept changing it but love how it came out. The retro images were made using an old photo of me and an old photo of my dad. I combined them and made a few images in Nano Banana. Same with the final image. I had an image of my dad and I from a while back and just had ai turn us around and place us in that scene. The scenery images were made taking photos I had taken previously of the parks in Ohio and then using ai to create new ones that were similar but better quality. There are these very large towering sandstone rock formations in the parks in that area, waterfalls and just stunning scenery everywhere. There is a train that runs through there that you can take for fun. It's really so gorgeous. Still The Hero (A Thousand Leaves) [Verse] I stepped beneath a thousand leaves, A quiet settled through the trees. The day moved slow, the light grew kind, As thoughts were easing in my mind. A cardinal sat so high above, He sang a little song of love. The woods still smelled of summer rain, One breath... and I was ten again. [Prechorus] The green of home just fills my soul And makes my happy heart feel whole [Chorus] Funny what the heart holds on to Funny what it lets go by You remember rainy days I remember summer skies You say you should've done way more I don't know what you're looking for Every time I close my eyes You're still the hero in my life [verse 2] Morning gathered in the pines, Birds were singing out of time. Every leaf held drops of light, Like tiny stars in broad daylight. I thought beauty lived somewhere new, Somewhere far beyond this view. Now these woods keep telling me... It always lived right here for free. [Chorus] Funny what the heart holds on to Funny what it lets go by You remember rainy days I remember summer skies You say you should've done way more I don't know what you're looking for Every time I close my eyes You're still the hero in my life [Bridge] If every heart has one true place, Perhaps it waits in quiet grace. Where every living thing belongs, Without explaining it in songs. #ai #aiart #aivideo #music #ohio #musicvideo Lyrics written by me, Kelly Boesch. Music created under my creative direction with assistance from Suno. Legal: © 2026 Kelly Boesch All visuals and music in this video are original works created and directed by the artist with AI-assisted tools. All final creative decisions, editing, composition, and authorship are exclusively owned by the artist. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, reposting, or remixing is strictly prohibited and may result in DMCA enforcement. Topics: AI art, AI fashion, AI animation, digital art, 4K #aiart #aivideo #ohio #musicvideo #AIFashion