WEEPING WILLOW

WEEPING WILLOW

(Verse 1)

Gusts of crisp cool winds graze my face

As my hair dances softly to and fro

Tears stream down of salted taste

Sadness my soul continues to undergo

(Chorus - Heavy Harmonies)

Weeping willow, speak to me

It is only us who endure this agony

Pain and sorrow we both will share

To our secrecy of all despair

(Verse 2)

Whispering shadows of our fears

Rivers that flow to the deep blue sea

Take with you our seeping tears

Where forever of salted taste you will keep

(Verse 3 - New)

The bark is rough beneath my palms

A ancient ghost in a velvet dress

You offer me a heavy calm

In this wild and lonely wilderness

The roots go deep, the sky stays grey

But we don't need the light of day

(Bridge - Building Intensity)

Weeping willow of sound and mind

Both you and I will arise

As we make this eternal bind

Power and strength we’ll show with no disguise

(Outro - Stripped back, smoky vocals)

We hold each other to our secrecy

To tell no soul of you and me

I can walk away so peacefully

Knowing no one will know what’s inside of me

(Female Lead - Gravelly and growing in volume)

The wind is rising, the branches start to sway

I’m burying the ghosts that followed me today

(Male Harmonies - Deep and resonant)

(Burying the ghosts... following the way...)

We ain’t breaking, no, we’re just bending low

With secrets only the river and the willow know!

(Lead Vocal)

Oh, let the rain fall down, let the water rise

I see the truth reflecting in your wooden eyes

I gave you my sorrow, you gave me your shade

Now I’m walking out of the debt I paid!

(Harmonies - Thick and "Church-like")

(Weepin’ willow... carry the weight)

(Weepin’ willow... it ain’t too late)

(Female Lead)

Yeah, take it to the deep blue sea...

(Take it down, take it all the way)

Every salted tear, every bended knee...

(Let it wash away)

I’m walking peacefully...

Can’t nobody know what’s inside of me...

(Nobody knows... nobody knows...)

(The music drops to a single acoustic guitar pluck and the sound of wind)

Just you and me, willow.

Just you... and me.