[Verse]
They came with saws and steel in hand
A quiet army took the land
The whispers stopped
The forest cried
Branches broke
The earth stood still
The sky turned grey
It lost its will
My roots reached out
But they just sighed
[Chorus]
I’m the last tree standing
Swaying in the breeze
No voices left to hum with me
Lonely roots
Lonely roots
Holding on to shattered truths
[Verse 2]
The wind now howls
It’s sharp
It bites
No leaves to catch the fading light
The silence grows
It eats the sound
Ghosts of laughter
Echoes thin
They circle round my barked skin
A hollow song where friends were bound
[Prechorus]
And I wonder
And I ache
Will the earth forget their names