[Verse 1] The bear came down where the birches lean With a question caught in his heavy breath He asked the creek what the silence meant And waited for an answer shaped like speech [Pre-Chorus] But the branches turned without a sound And a handful of leaves came spinning down [Chorus] Not every word is meant to be spoken Some are written where the wild winds open Read the ground, watch the branches turn There are truths that never need a tongue Not every word is meant to be spoken [Verse 2] One red leaf landed beside his paw Then three gold leaves crossed the path A brown one curled by the old pine root Like a quiet mark in a letter back [Pre-Chorus] He traced the pattern with a careful claw And felt the forest answer after all [Chorus] Not every word is meant to be spoken Some are written where the wild winds open Read the ground, watch the branches turn There are truths that never need a tongue Not every word is meant to be spoken [Bridge] People bring their questions like bells Ring them loud so everybody knows But the woods use smaller signs A lifted wing, a bent grass line A path of leaves beneath the oaks [Final Chorus] Not every word is meant to be spoken Some are written where the wild winds open Read the ground, watch the branches turn There are truths that never need a tongue Not every word is meant to be spoken And the bear went home with the answer in the leaves [Outro] The wind moved on The pattern stayed
