----------------------------------------------------------------- 🎵 Part of the Zero One Beats library — streaming live 24/7 on Twitch. 📺 Listen: twitch.tv/ZeroOneBeats 💬 Discord: discord.gg/uweQ4wJbJz We're a community-driven radio playing only the best AI-created music! ----------------------------------------------------------------- [Verse 1] You were the tallest thing I knew Marked your name in the bark one June Fireflies in a mason jar Said I'd never grow that far You held my secrets like a sleeve Caught my breath when I couldn't breathe Every heartbreak Every call I leaned on you You took it all [Pre-Chorus] Guess I thought roots meant forever Like dirt could promise me more Till the storm snapped through the center Left you folded on the forest floor [Chorus] The tree that took the fall for me Now lies quiet where we used to meet All that weight you used to carry Cracked in two Set me free If a giant can go down like that What am I still clinging to? The tree that took the fall for me Taught me how to break in two [Verse 2] Came back after the sirens passed Boots sunk deep in the aftermath Your rings were maps of every year Spelled my childhood in the grain right here Ran my hands down your shattered spine Heard you asking "Will you cut the line?" Every branch that used to shade my fear Pointed straight at the clearing near [Pre-Chorus] I had carved our little promise In a world that never stays You were proof that even anchors Can be carried clean away [Chorus] The tree that took the fall for me Now lies quiet where we used to meet All that weight you used to carry Cracked in two Set me free If a giant can go down like that What am I still clinging to? The tree that took the fall for me Taught me how to break in two [Bridge] [Drums drop to half-time Vocals stack and swell] Maybe endings are just hinges Swinging open to the sky Maybe losing solid places Teaches you to say goodbye I’ll plant a seed where your heart gave out Name it after everything we were about Stand there shaking Let the daylight in Let the wind be my next of kin (oh-oh) [Chorus] The tree that took the fall for me Now the canopy is empty space But in the gap where you were standing I can finally see your grace If a giant can go down like that I can lay my burdens too The tree that took the fall for me Showed me how to start brand new [Outro] Soft moss Sawdust on my knees Whisper “thank you” to the leaves Where you fell There's room to grow I walk out And I let you go
