Bay Laurel Memory

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Tracing the rough patterns of the bark

Finding shapes I think I knew

Roots go deep down through the dark

Where the green shade covers the view

Pre-Chorus

Bare branches catching the cold

Sunlight fading into grey

Waiting for the story to be told

Turning night into another day

Chorus

Leaves fall and then they grow back

Branches reach for the high light

Following along your same track

Keeping watch through the long night

Gold turned to wood in my grip

Running till your feet became soil

I watch the golden hours slip

Quiet end to all of the toil

Verse 2

Wind moves through the thinning leaves

Crying out a name I cannot keep

Stillness is all the mountain gives

While the rest of the forest will sleep

Pre-Chorus

Bare branches catching the cold

Sunlight fading into grey

Waiting for the story to be told

Turning night into another day

Chorus

Leaves fall and then they grow back

Branches reach for the high light

Following along your same track

Keeping watch through the long night

Gold turned to wood in my grip

Running till your feet became soil

I watch the golden hours slip

Quiet end to all of the toil

Bridge

Seasons spinning in a wheel

Frozen ground starts to break

Whatever is hidden will stay real

Until the moment that you wake

Wake up

Wait for me

Chorus

Leaves fall and then they grow back

Branches reach for the high light

Following along your same track

Keeping watch through the long night

Gold turned to wood in my grip

Running till your feet became soil

I watch the golden hours slip

Quiet end to all of the toil