[Verse 1] In the future zoo they point and stare at plastic trees standing stiff in air Kids press their hands to the clear blue glass “Is that what woods were?” the teachers ask [Pre-Chorus] And there’s one last worm turning in the dirt touching its own skin like it still gets hurt All the cages hum in the afternoon heat every empty jaw waiting to eat [Chorus] They dream, they dream of living green They dream, they dream of what has been Plastic leaves and painted bark can’t hold the shape of the wild in their hearts [Verse 2] By the fence, the fox sits all alone with a bent-back tail and a made-up bone The owls don’t call they just blink slow under a sign that says “Once it used to grow” Storytellers gather on a scratched-up bench talking about rain like a far-off friend [Pre-Chorus] They say there were rivers full to the brim and a hand could vanish down in them They say there were summers thick with bees and a sky so alive it could bend the knees [Chorus] They dream, they dream of living green They dream, they dream of what has been Plastic leaves and painted bark can’t hold the shape of the wild in their hearts [Bridge] Then one child closes both of her eyes and the whole zoo shivers in a different time She hears wet soil and a blackbird’s wing she hears the old names of everything [Final Chorus] They dream, they dream of living green They dream, they dream of what has been Plastic leaves and painted bark can’t hold the shape of the wild in their hearts They dream, they dream until it starts a seed of memory in their hearts
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