Cypress Roots

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

The creek runs black behind my house

Sour mud and rotted pine

Something breathing underneath the water

My hound won't cross that line

Pre-Chorus

I know what I buried

I know where it sleeps

I know what I buried

And the river keeps

Chorus

Down in the mire

Down where the willows bend

Down in the mire

I'm gonna meet my end

(Meet my end)

(Meet my end)

Verse 2

Grandma warned me not to wander

Past the fence at night

Now the cypress roots are knuckles

And they're dragging me inside

Pre-Chorus

I know what I buried

I know where it sleeps

I know what I buried

And the river keeps

Chorus

Down in the mire

Down where the willows bend

Down in the mire

I'm gonna meet my end

(Meet my end)

(Meet my end)

Breakdown

Sink

Sink slow

Sink

Sink slow

Mud in my throat

Moss on my bones

Sink

Sink slow

Chorus

Down in the mire

Down where the willows bend

Down in the mire

I'm gonna meet my end

(Meet my end)

(Meet my end)

Outro

(Meet my end)

(Meet my end)