Green Thoughts
[Verse 1] The smoke curls up like a question I forgot to ask Every answer hides behind the one that came in last The bass line's got a heartbeat and the hi-hat's got a soul And I swear the chord progression knows the parts I never told I'm a river reading backwards, trying to find the source Every note I hear is just the water changing course The melody's a mirror and I don't always like the face But I stay inside the music like it's the only holy place [Pre-Hook] Something opens up in here Like a window in a room I sealed for years I don't chase it, I just let it come The truth sounds different when the music's on [Hook] Green thoughts, soft light Everything connected when I'm deep inside the night The sound becomes a thread and I just follow where it goes Green thoughts, slow tide Something in the frequency is pulling back the blinds I see the shape of things I couldn't see before I let go Green thoughts [Verse 2] A minor chord's a doorway and I walked through without shoes Felt the cold of every feeling I'd been turning into news Turns out grief and gratitude are standing back to back And joy's just sorrow that decided not to stay and unpack The guitar string's a lifeline and the reverb is the sea And I've been swimming in the shallows when the depths were always free Every song I ever loved was just a letter to myself Words I couldn't write alone, left on someone else's shelf [Pre-Hook] Something opens up in here Like a window in a room I sealed for years I don't chase it, I just let it come The truth sounds different when the music's on [Hook] Green thoughts, soft light Everything connected when I'm deep inside the night The sound becomes a thread and I just follow where it goes Green thoughts, slow tide Something in the frequency is pulling back the blinds I see the shape of things I couldn't see before I let go Green thoughts [Bridge] Maybe silence is just sound that hasn't found its name Maybe every person that I've lost still lives inside a frame Maybe time's not moving forward, maybe it just folds And every note I've ever heard is everything I know I'm not looking for the answer, I'm just learning how to sit With the weight of all the wonder and the joy of not knowing it [Outro] [slow, fading, half-sung half-spoken] Green thoughts... Just follow the sound... It's all connected... Let it breathe... Green thoughts...
