[Verse 1] You said “Close your eyes Step in through the margin” Paper sky folded Over humming ground Footsteps made of phrases Tracing crooked pathways Every line a landmark Every pause a town [Chorus] This song’s a metric forest I get lost in the way it breathes Count the spaces between the trees Not the leaves Not the leaves This song’s a metric forest You can feel how the floor will bend How the air leans into the bend of a hand And it never quite ends [Verse 2] Tempo is a ruler Soft as cotton ticking Pacing out the hillside Where the feelings live You walk in 4s I drift in 5s We still meet at the clearing Where a tiny change in timing Chooses what we give [Chorus] This song’s a metric forest I get lost in the way it breathes Count the spaces between the trees Not the leaves Not the leaves This song’s a metric forest You can feel how the floor will bend How the air leans into the bend of a hand And it never quite ends [Bridge] Little tricks of shadow Gloss on broken stone (oh) Tilt of light on lichen Cracks in every tone All these quiet choices You can almost touch Make the unreal solid Just enough Just enough [Chorus] This song’s a metric forest I get lost in the way it breathes Count the spaces between the trees Not the leaves Not the leaves This song’s a metric forest If you stay till the echoes thin You’ll feel walls where there once was wind And want to walk again
