The Hollow Oak

Verse 1

Split pine

The silver splinters

I cut my thumb on the rusted latch

Blood

Deep red on the gray grain

Nothing remains

The roof fell in

Dry rot and spider silk

Chorus

Gone to ground

Everything is gone to ground

The hollow oak

The heavy rain

The wood is soft

The wood is gray

Everything is gone to ground

Verse 2

Black mold

Climbing up the cedar

I used to feel like a giant here

Tiny

The floorboards buckle

Swollen with the melt

Green moss

Drinking up the shadows

Eating the memories of who I was

Before I grew

Before I knew the weight

Chorus

Gone to ground

Everything is gone to ground

The hollow oak

The heavy rain

The wood is soft

The wood is gray

Everything is gone to ground

Bridge

Maybe I stay

Maybe I sink

Maybe I rot right here

Termite tunnels

Crumbling walls

Falling down

Falling down

Falling down

Chorus

Gone to ground

Everything is gone to ground

The hollow oak

The heavy rain

The wood is soft

The wood is gray

Everything is gone to ground

Outro

Just dirt now

Just damp earth

The tree wins

The tree takes it back

Back home

Back down