Redwood

Her eyes alight with A lifetime of fighting forest fires Under full moon light, she sheds time Her wounds are the rings around her eyes So I held her tight, a feeling so large My arms couldn't reach around it And I'm looking up amazed at the stillness And the will to grow up What we set free Comes back if it's meant to be All we need is to breathe The trees know that, the trees know that The air we breathe Her exhale's beneath all life's complexity And she molds the Earth With roots wound tightly 'round brothers and sisters Her life's endless and her death's a presence She craves nothing but the truth of the moment And I've been raised up by the majesty of My love, a redwood What we set free Comes back if its meant to be All we need is to breathe The trees know that, the trees know that I want to trust you like that I want to give it all away no take back I know small seeds of change Can turn into redwoods some day With just a little bit of rain What we set free Comes back if its meant to be All we need is to breathe The trees know that, the trees know What we set free Comes back if its meant to be All we need is to breathe The trees know that, the trees know that