Song Description
Long term relationships go through seasons of decline and renewal.
| Song Length |
4:46 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Folk - Americana |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Peaceful |
Subject |
Relationship, Seasons |
| Similar Artists |
Joni Mitchell, Jewel |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
LANGUAGE OF THE TREES
THERE WAS A FOREST, ONE WE NEVER REALLY SAW FOR THE TREES
IT TRIED TO WARN US, BOUGHS WERE BREAKING IN DECAY AND DISEASE
CAUGHT IN COILS OF CLINGING VINES, WE WENT SPIRALING THROUGH TIME
ENTWINED
THEN A TREE FELL, WE WERE DISTANT SO THERE WASN'T A SOUND
HOW COULD WE TELL THAT THE SILENCE PUT US THERE TO BE FOUND
THEN A HUSH FILLED THE SUMMER SKIES, IN THE STILLNESS WE MISSED THE CRIES
SOMETHING DIED
AS WE GREW APART WE COVERED UP OUR HEARTS
UNDER SHROUDS OF WOODLAND MOSS, SHADED FROM THE ACHE OF LOSS
STUMBLED THROUGH ENCHANTED FOREST, IN THE CLEARING WE HEARD A CHORUS OF
LOVE (BUT)
WE NEVER HEARD 'TIL WE GOT DOWN ON OUR KNEES
WE FOUND THE WORDS TO HEAL THE INJURIES
WE FINALLY LEARNED THE LANGUAGE OF THE TREES
AUTUMN GAVE US COLORS WHIRLING DANCING GOLDEN AND RUST
TRIED TO SAVE US FROM THE CHILL THAT WILLS THE GLORY TO DUST
TAKING LEAVE UNDER THEIR SPELL WE DECIDUOUSLY FELL
FAREWELL
BUT THE TREES GREW EVER STRONGER FOR THE SLUMBERING ROOTS
RAGING WINDS BLEW YET WE STOOD FIRMLY IN OUR OWN TRUTHS
ACTS OF NATURE THEN CONFESSED, WINTER STING FADED TO CARESS
SWEET REST
THEN THE RAINS CAME DOWN, IN THE SPRING TREES CROWNED
WHAT HAD ENDED THEN RESUMED, SINS AMMENDED, FORCING BLOOMS
TENDERLY WE PRUNE THE BRANCHES, TAKING CARE OF SECOND CHANCES IN LOVE
WE NEVER HEARD 'TIL WE GOT DOWN ON OUR KNEES
WE FOUND THE WORDS TO HEAL THE INJURIES
WE FINALLY LEARNED THE LANGUAGE OF THE TREES
(REPEAT)
Jane Godfrey
©2007