Don’t go walking past the treeline When the sun drops out of sight There’s a whisper in the branches That don’t belong to night You might hear your name called softly Like someone you once knew But the voice that waits out there, boy… It ain’t meant for you I’ve seen footprints in the cold dirt Turn around and disappear I’ve seen shadows move like breathing When there’s nothing anywhere near And the dogs won’t go past midnight They just bare their teeth and stare At something standing just beyond you That you swear ain’t really there So don’t you wander in the blackwood Don’t you answer when it calls Keep your fire fed and loud, son Don’t go listening through those walls ‘Cause the dark don’t need no doorway It don’t knock before it starts It’ll slip in through the silence And make a home inside your heart I was younger, I was foolish Thought the warnings weren’t true Took a step beyond the treeline Just to prove what I could do Heard my mother’s voice behind me Though she’d been gone for years Felt a hand rest on my shoulder… But there was nobody there It don’t chase you… It don’t run… Just waits until you’re good and lost… Then it comes Now I walk these woods at nightfall And I call out just the same Soft and low like something broken Always using someone’s name See the firelight through the branches Watch it flicker… watch it thin And I smile when someone answers From the edge that let me in So come wander in the blackwood Come and answer when I call Bring your light, it won’t protect you It just helps me see it all ‘Cause the dark don’t need no doorway I’ve been here longer than your fears And that voice you hear behind you… Yeah… I’ve been waiting here for years
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