[Verse 1]
Rust on the shovel
Dirt under nails
Backyard battlefield
Tiny war for a tale
You laugh, "It's just a seed"
I say, "It's a cathedral"
Right here by the fence line
Where the summer feels lethal
[Pre-Chorus]
I see roots like veins
Drawing plans under ground
While the neighborhood noise
Fades into background sound
[Chorus]
I'm planting a tree in the backyard
Turning this dust into daylight guard
Someday we'll sit in the shade we made
Right now it's small, but it's not afraid
Backyard cathedral, growing slow and hard
I'm planting a tree in the backyard
[Verse 2]
Kicks from the speakers
Pulse in my chest
Rapping to the soil
Like a strange little blessing
Storms gonna test it
Kids gonna climb it
Name in the bark
When the branches can find it
[Pre-Chorus]
I see leaves like flags
On a quiet revolt
Green little miracles
Rising out of the mulch
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
Yeah, I talk to the future
Like it's standing right here
"Hold our heat in August
Hide our hurt, our fear"
[whispered vocals]
One day, old bones
Plastic chairs, long talks
Sunset through branches
Broken light on the walk
[crescendo]
So I press this hope
Deep in cold dark ground
If you listen close
You can hear it make a sound—(hey!)
[Chorus]