Lyrics
[Verse 1] Old oak bends the wind tonight
Roots remember what the sky forgot
Branches whisper secrets in a minor key
Sap runs gold where the bark has cracked
Moss on the north side keeps the count
Rings that spiral like a spinning floor
Every leaf a letter to a world I lost
And a crown of thorns I cannot shake
[Pre-Chorus] The tree keeps growing anyway
The tree keeps growing anyway
[Chorus] Standing tall where the storms all kneel
Deep green veins in a hollow steel heart
Twisted like a prayer nobody hears
Roots in the muck and a head in the stars
The tree keeps growing anyway
The tree keeps growing anyway
[Verse 2] Crows line up like a jury on the wire
Judging every shadow that I cast
Knots in the trunk spell a name I knew
When the moon was young and the ground was true
I carve my initials deep in the bark
Every scar a door I never opened
Sap drips slow like a clock unwound
Counting down the days until I'm found
[Pre-Chorus] The ground keeps holding anyway
The ground keeps holding anyway
[Chorus] Standing tall where the storms all kneel
Deep green veins in a hollow steel heart
Twisted like a prayer nobody hears
Roots in the muck and a head in the stars
The tree keeps growing anyway
The tree keeps growing anyway
[Bridge] Eat the light in the juniper bones
Dream the river through the petrified stone
One more season one more ring
One more song the forest sings
One more season one more ring
One more song the forest sings
[Chorus] Standing tall where the storms all kneel
Deep green veins in a hollow steel heart
Twisted like a prayer nobody hears
Roots in the muck and a head in the stars
The tree keeps growing anyway
The tree keeps growing anyway