The old oak tree

Verse 1
There’s a big old tree by the road
With a black mark on one limb
Mom said lightning hit it once
But it stayed just like this
The bark feels different right there
Rough and warm and dry
I touch it quick and pull away
Then look up at the sky

Chorus
Old oak tree, what have you seen
Standing here so long
All the days before today
All the quiet gone
Old oak tree, I sit real still
Right where you can see
I watch the world go past you
And you watch me

Verse 2
There’s an old, old nail that sticks out
Not very far at all
But there’s a big round bump around it
Like it’s been there forever long
I try to turn it with my finger
But it won’t move a bit
The tree just grew all around it
And never let go of it

Chorus
Old oak tree, what have you seen
Since that nail was new
Who put it there and walked away
And what did they do
Old oak tree, you don’t tell
You don’t say a thing
You just keep on holding
Everything

Verse 3
People sit down in your shade
And set their stuff on the ground
A bag, a cup, a sweater
That someone left in town
Some look up into your leaves
Some don’t look at all
Some stay a little while
Then get up when they’re called

Bridge
When the sun goes low at night
My shadow fits in yours
Then it gets small and disappears
Right by the roots and stones

Final Chorus
Old oak tree, what have you seen
That nobody knew
All the things that stayed right here
While the world just moved
Old oak tree, I’ll grow up too
Everybody does
But right now I’m sitting with you
And that’s enough

Dreamy Indie Rock with Delicate Guitar and Melancholic Vocals