[Intro — [Verse 1 I planted you where the dirt was cold I watered you with what I couldn't hold Nobody saw me kneel at night The hazel grew, and it grew alright [Verse 2 They gave me ash to sleep upon They took the color, took the gown But something's rooted underground That they can't sweep, can't take, can't drown [Pre-Chorus ] So I go where the branches bend down low Where the white birds keep the things I've grown And I whisper up through the winter snow [Chorus ] Shake the tree, shake the tree Send down everything you kept for me Silver for the ones who never stayed Gold for every promise that they made Shake the tree, let it fall like rain I'm not the girl in ashes, not again [Instrumental] [Bridge 1 ] Mama, I still talk to you in trees In doves that land and rest on bended knees You left me nothing but the ground Turns out the ground was all I found [Verse 3 ] They'll dress me up and call it kind They'll parade me out and watch me shine Let them watch, let them stare I grew this out of empty air [Chorus] Shake the tree, shake the tree Send down everything you kept for me Silver for the ones who never stayed Gold for every promise that they made Shake the tree, let it fall like rain I'm not the girl in ashes, not again [Breakdown] Doves in the branches, don't look away Watch what the ashes grew into today [Final Chorus ] Shake the tree, shake the tree This is everything I planted secretly Silver for the years I stayed so still Gold for every debt I mean to fill Shake the tree, let the branches sing The ash girl's grown into everything [Outro ] Somewhere... Somewhere in the branches... Somewhere in the branches, something waited for me (shake the tree) Somewhere in the branches, something waited for me (shake the tree) Look up, look up The tree remembers
