*lyrics / music in collaboration with @tragedymichael [Intro] The wind howls low The branches creak Darkness settles before night speaks… Something old is listening…… [Verse 1] The split limb’s wet wood Feeds the beetle’s brood Roots drink the rot of last year’s leaves My fingers trace the sacred weave [pre chorus] The crows don’t preach Of kingdoms built for deathless kings But every root beneath my feet Knows what the falling leaves still mean [Chorus] Oh, the God Tree hears you pray It leans in its own crooked way Bark scar written, knot eye blind Root and crown of a different mind [instrumental] . [Verse 2] The lightning carved Its blackened seam Still green rises through the dream Ants march paths beneath the bark Carrying carcasses through the dark [pre chorus] The rivers don’t sing Of kingdoms built for deathless kings But every root beneath my feet Knows what the falling leaves still mean [Chorus] Oh, the God Tree hears you pray It leans in its own crooked way Bark scar written, knot eye blind Root and crown of a different mind [Bridge] I will find you in the stump flux glow Where the spirit fungi grow No holy father, no divine throne Just the quiet work of loam and stone [Verse 3] The owl nests where a branch gave way Moss keeps time where shadows stay Death and birth share the same old ring Every wound becoming spring [Chorus] Oh, the God Tree hears you pray It leans in its own crooked way Bark scar written, knot eye blind Root and crown of a different mind [instrumental] . [Outro] And when I fall… Lay me down among the roots Let the beetles learn my name Let the mushrooms wear my face The God Tree showed the way Life, death; bloom, decay
