Verse 1
Packed a little smoke, now the trees all breathe,
Footsteps disappear beneath the falling leaves.
Golden rays are pouring through the pines so slow,
Every step feels lighter than the trails below.
The wind keeps whispering secrets in my ear,
Silence gets louder the farther from here.
Pine needles dancing like they’re keeping time,
Lost inside the forest, but I don’t mind.
Pre-Chorus
Feel my pulse… boom… boom… boom…
Echo through the valley like a distant tune.
Everything slows, the world’s standing still,
Floating with the breeze across another hill.
Chorus
Heartbeat louder than the birds tonight,
Smoke curls into ribbons in the fading light.
Sky starts spinning, knees get weak somehow,
Thought I almost disappeared into the now.
Eyes closed, hearing nothing but my soul inside,
Mountain breathing with me on the mountainside.
One more second and I might black out,
Then I smile because I’m still here somehow.
Verse 2
Trail keeps winding like it knows my name,
Every rock and shadow never look the same.
Clouds melting into colors I can’t explain,
Every heartbeat washing through me like the rain.
I stop to catch my breath beneath the trees,
Everything is swaying with the summer breeze.
Take another breath, let the moment flow,
Higher with each step than I’ll ever know.
Bridge
Water tastes like starlight, cool against my lips,
Balance starts to fade with every heartbeat’s drift.
Close enough to darkness just to see the light,
Then the forest pulls me gently back to life.
Final Chorus
Heartbeat louder than the birds tonight,
Smoke fades slowly with the morning light.
Thought I almost faded with the clouds above,
Found myself surrounded by the earth I love.
Still walking home with dirt upon my shoes,
Every step another memory I choose.
Forest in my lungs, stars inside my eyes,
Left the trail but never left that high.
Verse 1
Woke up with the sunrise resting on my face,
Didn’t know that day would take me someplace strange.
Packed a little smoke, laced up worn-out boots,
Chasing quiet trails where the old pine roots grew.
The breeze knew my name before I spoke a word,
Every little silence louder than the birds.
The mountain pulled me deeper with every step I’d take,
Like the whole wide world had just begun to wake.
Verse 2
Lit the first one slow underneath the trees,
Watched the smoke go dancing with the autumn breeze.
Colors started melting into shades I’d never seen,
Reality got softer than a half-remembered dream.
The sunlight hit the branches like a stained-glass sky,
Every breath I took felt like I could almost fly.
Time forgot to move, it just drifted by,
Like the day was painted somewhere way up high.
Chorus
That day felt like a dream I never wanted to leave,
Like the mountains wrapped themselves around me gently.
Heartbeat ringing louder than the songs of the pines,
I swear I left the trail but the trail stayed in my mind.
Every breath was freedom, every second felt alive,
Didn’t know if I was walking or beginning to fly.
If heaven’s got a backroad, I believe I’ve seen the sign,
Hidden in the woods where the earth meets the sky.
Verse 3
Started climbing higher where the air got thin,
Every step a battle that I somehow wanted to win.
Then my chest got heavy and my vision turned slow,
Felt my heartbeat pounding louder than before.
Boom… boom… echo through my head,
Thought the mountain heard every word unsaid.
Everything went blurry like rain on old glass,
Didn’t know if that moment was my first or my last.
Verse 4
Had to lean against an old oak tree,
Trying to remember how to simply breathe.
World faded gray around the edge of my eyes,
Like the daylight itself was saying goodbye.
Then the wind rolled in with its cool embrace,
Brought me back gently to that peaceful place.
Took one slow breath, then another one too,
The forest whispered softly, “You’re gonna make it through.”
Bridge
Funny how a heartbeat can sound like a drum,
Calling out your name till your fear comes undone.
Funny how one mountain can change your whole soul,
Without ever saying a word at all.
Sometimes life’s a highway, sometimes it’s a climb,
Sometimes you lose yourself just to finally find…
That peace ain’t a place that money can buy,
Sometimes it’s hidden beneath an open sky.
Final Chorus
That day felt like a dream I still carry inside,
Like the sunset reached down just to slow the hands of time.
Every tree remembers every footprint that I made,
Even if tomorrow washes all the tracks away.
I still hear that heartbeat when the nights get long,
Still hear the wind singing that old mountain song.
Some days come and go like they never were real,
But that climb through the forest is something I still feel.
Outro
Now whenever life gets heavy on my mind,
I close my eyes and I’m back on that climb.
Smoke in the air, blue sky overhead,
A dream so alive it never really ended.