There Is a Tree

Last night I dreamed you very near Though the night was dark beyond the glass I knew you'd left before I woke But you'd fogged the window when you passed The air was still and smelled like rain, Though I'd never known so dry a spell And what I heard there in the dark, Are the secrets I will never tell? [Chorus] There is a tree beyond the world In it's ancient roots a song is curled I'm the fool whose life's been spent Between what's said and what is meant I didn't mean what went so wrong Some things I wish I didn't know I've always lived inside my head And often utterly alone I will be a pillow for your head You can make me promises you can't keep And I'll believe each word you've said And hum to you while you sleep [Chorus] You took me by my shaking hand, Laughed at me and closed the door, Put your hands to my waist, And waltzed rue round the kitchen floor [Chorus] So I will wander without fail In circles that grow ever wide The sky expands and then exhales With an ache that never subsides [Chorus]