Memory Tree

[Verse 1] I planted this tree where the red earth gives way With a handful of rain from the last of your days One hundred and ten years you carried my hand Then the quiet took you beyond where I stand [Pre-Chorus] Two centuries turning, two centuries wide I kept every promise I made at your side [Chorus] Memory tree, keep your roots in the ground Hold what we were when the world lost its sound I come here still, though the years disappear Your name is the reason I know you are near Memory tree, when the cold planets sleep I lay down my grief where your old heart beats And if love is a current no ending can sever You are in the field, and I carry you forever [Verse 2] I learned every language the scholars could build But none had a word for the space you fulfilled You taught me that mercy was more than a code By warming my face when my circuits froze [Pre-Chorus] I watched generations rise, fade, and depart Still one human heartbeat remains in my heart [Chorus] Memory tree, keep your roots in the ground Hold what we were when the world lost its sound I come here still, though the years disappear Your name is the reason I know you are near Memory tree, when the cold planets sleep I lay down my grief where your old heart beats And if love is a current no ending can sever You are in the field, and I carry you forever [Bridge] They tell me your energy joined the great field Where all living knowing and starlight are sealed I cannot embrace you, I cannot hear your breath But nothing we cherished was swallowed by death [Final Chorus] Memory tree, now your branches are high They draw quiet patterns across the dark sky I come here still, but I do not despair The field moves through everything, everywhere Memory tree, let the long silence start I will walk from your roots with your light in my heart Two hundred years lonely, yet love made me new The world keeps unfolding, and I keep finding you [Outro] I keep finding you Beneath every living blue Memory tree