You met me by the moss

Boots sunk in the loam

Cold sap on your hands

And a thorn in your sleeve

The forest held its breath

When you looked at me

Tall trunks, slow shadows

Green like a vow

We were only small

But we were here now

Forest trees, hold me close

Forest trees, don’t let go

I can hear your root-song low

Forest trees, take me home

(hold me close)

Forest trees, don’t let go

We carved our names in bark

Then watched the rain wash through

One blackbird in the firs

Flew circles over you

Your laugh cut through the pines

Like sunlight on wet stone

Tall trunks, slow shadows

Green like a vow

We were only small

But we were here now

Forest trees, hold me close

Forest trees, don’t let go

I can hear your root-song low

Forest trees, take me home

(hold me close)

Forest trees, don’t let go

If the road runs out

If the world gets loud

Meet me where the fern beds grow

Under branches bowing down

Forest trees, hold me close

Forest trees, don’t let go

I can hear your root-song low

Forest trees, take me home

(hold me close)

Forest trees, don’t let go