[Verse 1]
You were barefoot in the backyard
Hands deep in the dark brown earth
Said
“You can’t rush a seed
Babe
It’s gonna take all it’s worth”
I was out here breaking branches
Tearing every tender start
You just wrapped my splinters
In the quiet of your heart
[Chorus]
You turned this desert to a garden
Grew a forest from my shame
Every broken limb you watered
Called me gentle
Called me brave
Now our love climbs like a vine
Love
Round the fences of my past
You’re the rain over my ruin
You’re my garden of our second chance (oh yeah)
[Verse 2]
We had storms that split the cedar
Cold words cut the sky in two
I was sure the roots were dying
But the roots ran back to you
We pulled weeds named “old mistakes”
Laid them out there by the road
Now the branches hold forgiveness
Where the bitter used to grow
[Chorus]
You turned this desert to a garden
Grew a forest from my shame
Every broken limb you watered
Called me gentle
Called me brave
Now our love climbs like a vine
Love
Round the fences of my past
You’re the rain over my ruin
You’re my garden of our second chance
[Bridge]
I was falling
Falling
Falling
Like a red leaf from the flame
You just opened up your hands and said
“I still know your name” (hey)
Now the wind is singing softer
Through the tall and tender green
Every promise that we nurture
Feels like sunlight on the leaves
[Chorus]
You turned this desert to a garden
Grew a forest from my shame
Every broken limb you watered
Called me gentle
Called me brave
Now our love climbs like a vine
Love
Round the fences of my past
You’re the rain over my ruin
You’re my garden of our second chance