[Intro] Stone under my sandals Glass above my head A thousand iron voices Where the quiet should have been But I found one little flower Breaking through a seam So maybe even here The roots remember how to dream [Verse 1] I came here with an arrow drawn A witch's shadow on the run One wild path beneath my feet Then Dirtel vanished with the sun No court behind me calling No teacher at my side Just towers made of murdered stone And rivers trapped inside They gave me forms and numbers A room, a key, a name They told me when the bells would ring And where I had to stay I bowed my head politely Said, "Yes, I understand" Then grew a dozen flowers From the railing with my hand [Pre-Chorus] They say this city never sleeps I say it never listens Still beneath the asphalt Something green is breathing [Chorus] Green against the concrete Roots beneath the street I can hear the old wood dreaming I can feel the heartbeat underneath Stone and glass around me Neon in the leaves You can build your walls up higher But you can't tell the wild what it should be Green against the concrete That's what you've made of me [Verse 2] At home they called me gifted The spirits knew my name The Early Bloom expected I would honor what I became Stand straight before the nobles Speak softly, never stray A hunter bears her duty And does not waste the day But here my friends say, "Come on, We're going out tonight" I tell them, "This is foolish" While I'm already outside There's a squirrel in my pocket There's a raccoon on the stairs Dana says, "They stay outside" I swear I've told them that is fair [Pre-Chorus] They say I'm far from everything That ever made me whole But every stupid midnight laugh Feels like sunlight through my soul [Chorus] Green against the concrete Roots beneath the street I can hear the old wood dreaming I can feel the heartbeat underneath Stone and glass around me Neon in the leaves You can build your walls up higher But you can't tell the wild what it should be Green against the concrete That's what you've made of me [Post-Chorus] Let it grow Let it climb Through the cracks Give it time Let it bloom Let it breathe There is more Underneath [Verse 3] The witch is somewhere hiding I haven't lost the trail I still carry Dirtel's arrows I still know why I came And if the hunt comes calling You'll see what I was taught The little stick upon my belt Will become the bow I brought I'll run along your rooftops Like branches in the spring And every beam of ancient wood Will wake when I begin I am still my people's daughter Still hunter, still mage But maybe I can choose myself Before I leave this place [Bridge] [Quiet, intimate] If the wild path opens tomorrow If I see my forest through If I hear the court bells calling Like they always used to do Will I run into the green light? Will I finally go home? Or turn around for one more night In this strange world I've grown to know? [Build] I wanted home so badly When I first fell through Now I'm scared the path might open... And make me choose [Final Chorus] [Big, anthemic] Green against the concrete Roots beneath the street Now I hear this strange world breathing And its heartbeat doesn't sound so strange to me Stone and glass around me Wildflowers at my feet I can love the forest I came from And still love what I found here in between Green against the concrete No court can choose for me Green against the concrete Let the whole damn city see [Outro] Let it grow Through stone and steel Let it grow Until it's real One wild path One borrowed home Maybe roots Can grow in both
