[Verse 1] I walked the ditch line slow Boots in the brittle bed Brown skins under my soles Like paper under stress The oak kept dropping clues One sharp little crack at a time Every step said your name Then lost it in the pine [Pre-Chorus] And the ground woke up Under my heel A thousand small bones Made it feel real [Chorus] Leaf crunching, leaf crunching Hear it under my feet Leaf crunching, leaf crunching Like a secret in the trees It follows me home It follows me home [Verse 2] Your scarf on the fencepost hung Still as a held-back scream I reached for the empty air And it reached back at me The path turned black in the brush The wind went thin and mean Then every fallen leaf Started talking in between [Pre-Chorus] And the ground woke up Under my heel A thousand small bones Made it feel real [Chorus] Leaf crunching, leaf crunching Hear it under my feet Leaf crunching, leaf crunching Like a secret in the trees It follows me home It follows me home [Bridge] [Breakdown] I stop It stops I turn It turns Then one cold step And the whole woods burns [Final Chorus] Leaf crunching, leaf crunching Hear it under my feet Leaf crunching, leaf crunching Like a secret in the trees It follows me home It follows me home Leaf crunching, leaf crunching Till I’m buried in the beat
