Levi The Poet - Trees lyrics

You you were the seed that grew from
Nothing out of the ground

Those trees raise aged hands
Toward heaven high
Their fingers stretch for the sky, but they
Cast dark shadows into a darker night
Singing songs forever, never-ending
Into nothing
Past the reach of the headlights
They’re old, knotted and wise, and
They catch the wind, grin
Avert their eyes from meeting mine
And suck those secrets deep inside

We used to whisper in one another’s ears
But those oaks have secrets that
Stretch back for years
And now they hold the key – selfishly –
To the wind on which to fly
We set you on the highway


Like a memoir to some feeling
We were trying to portray
With absolutely no story
Or significance whatsoever

Well your mind races on the open road
As the time ticks
By said, "you know I’ve got a girl back home
And I can picture her livin’ her life"
It’s the simple things that you think about
On those late night drives
Like I’m going to bed
She’s waking up alone, and I am fine

Do you believe in the fairy tales your
Mother read to you at night?
Can you still go there when you need
To? To that place inside your mind?
Cause, I do, sometimes i swear to god it’s as
Real as the hand I hold in mine
And those fairy tales told you magic happens
With the rising of the tide

So when the sun sets in the sky, and the moon
Reflects the light that pull the
Waves over my eyes, i close them tight
And pretend that I’m going to live forever
Until I know that I am right
You can catch the wind, you’ve
Just got to try
And we’re all as infinite as the lines
That pass by on the highway
These trees on the sides, they
Are wise but they’re stuck
Beneath the pavement

I don’t want to be stuck beneath the pavement

There’s got to be a way to breathe
Without being stuck beneath the pavement

You were a seed that grew from
A crack in the highway!
But those fairy tales, I swear
They kept you alive
And I just want to hold onto that shine -
There’s got to be something that shines
Bright from those tree limbs!

We play mix tapes of love
Songs about loss and travel, no I mean
We play mix tapes of lost songs
About road trips and being young i mean
We play mix tapes of travel songs
About love and lost loved ones i mean
I’m lost

The atlas threatens, bold out
On the open road
And dares us to count the cost
It taunts, beckons
Time ticks by seconds of life
That screams it’s lost

Change is subtle
And you change a lot with the seasons
But home… home does not
These roads always lead me back to the city
But the miles find me forgotten
And the trees raise weary
Hands for high heaven
And dig their roots into dead soil, and rot

But a shining, aligning star gave
Birth to your bedside tale
And every night, I sing you to sleep
Whether you know it or not
I play for you, I pretend that
You’re there in the room
Listening like you know that I’m
Giving all I’ve got

You know your mind, it races
On the open road, you start to daydream when
You’re sleeping alone
We live outside of your mortar and stone
And your whispers and secrets that
You claim as your own

You know I’ve got a girl back home
And I can picture her, livin’ her life
It’s the simple things that you think
About on these late night drives
I’ve got a letter going back to the city
She’s wakin’ when I close my eyes
Pretending that I’m gonna live forever until
I know that I am right