PINE HILLS

(Verse 1) The mist rolls down the quiet slope Where once we stood and talked of hope Now just the shadows stretch and sigh Beneath a pale and bruised gray sky I trace the letters on the stone And realize how I’ve grown so cold alone The weeping willow bows its head To mourn the words we left unsaid (Chorus) Oh, Pine Hills, where the memories sleep Where the roots grow dark and the earth runs deep I am wandering through your towering trees Just a ghost in the chill of the midnight breeze Take this heavy heart, let the branches fall For the Pine Hills keep the secrets of it all (Verse 2) I hear the echoes in the wood Right in the clearing where we stood The symphony of rustling leaves Plays for the broken soul that grieves A promise carved into the bark Now fading slowly in the dark The winter came and stripped us bare And left me searching for you there (Chorus) Oh, Pine Hills, where the memories sleep Where the roots grow dark and the earth runs deep I am wandering through your towering trees Just a ghost in the chill of the midnight breeze Take this heavy heart, let the branches fall For the Pine Hills keep the secrets of it all (Bridge) And all the time that washed away Can’t wash the sorrow from this clay I reach out blindly in the night To find a single spark of light But there is nothing left to hold Just the needles, sharp and cold! (Chorus) Oh, Pine Hills, where the memories sleep! Where the roots grow dark and the earth runs deep! I am wandering through your towering trees Just a ghost in the chill of the midnight breeze! Take this heavy heart, let the branches fall For the Pine Hills keep the secrets of it all! (Outro) Keep the secrets... Keep them safe... In the shadows of the pines.