DON FONO - Behind the House...

Verse 1 Behind the house the forest grows Closer now than years ago Roots beneath the garden stones Like something ancient coming home Father used to map the trees Fill his books with memories Now his words live in my head Like whispers from the dead Pre-Chorus I said I’d never be like you But every night the woods break through Chorus Behind the house there’s a forest full of bones Calling me back when I’m alone Every branch sounds like my name Every path leads me the same I can hear it through the walls In the dark the old wood calls And I fear before too long I’ll become where you belong Verse 2 I found your journal in the rain Covered up in dirt and stains Pages filled with twisted signs Dreams that slowly lost their minds You wrote: “The deeper that you go The less you’ll ever know If the forest dreams of you It will never let you through.” Pre-Chorus Now I feel it in my blood Like black water slowly floods Chorus Behind the house there’s a forest full of bones Older than the roots and stones Something waits beyond the trees Wearing all our memories Bridge Sometimes I see you in the hall But your shadow feels too tall And your eyes are not the same Like the woods still wear your face Final Chorus Behind the house the forest breathes Cold beneath the autumn leaves And I know before I’m gone I will follow you beyond Outro Behind the house… The forest waits…