There’s a nail in the barn that remembers my coat A stone by the fence still knows what I wrote The grass bends low where the footsteps lie The orchard hums when no one’s by If you listen close, you can hear it pray Under the dirt, where your shadow stays I left your voice inside the trees They breathe it out when I can’t sleep The orchard hums when no one’s near It hums for you, it hums for years I found your hair in a box upstairs Wrapped in cloth, still soft with air The bees are gone, the well’s gone dry But I still hear you pass me by If you listen close, you can hear it pray Under the dirt, where your shadow stays I left your voice inside the trees They breathe it out when I can’t sleep The orchard hums when no one’s near It hums for you, it hums for years If I call your name, would it reach the leaves? Would it curl around what the winter weaves? If the orchard breathes, then maybe I’m found, Buried in roots, not under the ground. I left your voice inside the trees They breathe it out when I can’t sleep The orchard hums when no one’s near It hums for you, it hums for years Now the moon’s in the well and won’t come back The apples fall and don’t turn black If I don’t call, it’s ‘cause I know You already heard the orchard grow
