Covenant of Pines

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Moss remembers every name we gave

A hollow trunk keeps counting rings

Old roots drink the rain like wine

Bramble crowns and rotten thrones

The wardens sleep beneath the loam

Pre-Chorus

I carved my promise in the bark

I carved my promise in the bark

Then the forest answered slow

Chorus

Where the lamps go dim

Where the lamps go dim

I will trade my voice for a colder hymn

Where the lamps go dim

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh oh-oh

Low and low

Verse 2

Alder branches bend to hold the fog

Stag skulls hang from wire and twine

Every path forks twice then folds

The covenant was never mine

Pre-Chorus

I counted stars between the pines

I counted stars between the pines

And the forest answered slow

Chorus

Where the lamps go dim

Where the lamps go dim

I will trade my voice for a colder hymn

Where the lamps go dim

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh oh-oh

Low and low

Bridge

Something older hums below

Something older hums below

Tender teeth and tethered stone

Tender teeth and tethered stone

Let me go

Let me go

Chorus

Where the lamps go dim

Where the lamps go dim

I will trade my voice for a colder hymn

Where the lamps go dim

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh oh-oh

Low and low

Instrumental Outro