THE TREE OF LIFE

I’M NOT GONNA MISS THAT OLD TREE WE TOOK DOWN
IT WAS HOLLOW AT THE CENTER, IT WAS ROTTEN IN THE GROUND
I’M NOT GONNA MISS THE LIGHTNING IT DREW
AND HOW IT RAN DOWN THE TRUNK AND LEFT ME BLACK AND BLUE
SPARKS FELL LIKE DIAMONDS BURNING IN THE NIGHT… I WAS FLAT ON MY BACK ‘NEATH THE TREE OF LIFE

I LET GO OF MY BODY, I NEVER FELT SO FREE
I SURRENDERED MY SPIRIT BUT YOU HELD ON TO ME
I SAW THE FUTURE, SAW THE BOYS GROWING OLD
THEN I FELT YOUR KISS CALLING ME HOME
SPARKS FELL LIKE DIAMONDS BURNING IN THE NIGHT I WAS FLAT ON MY BACK… ‘NEATH THE TREE OF LIFE

I SAW WHAT I’D MISS, DRINKING COFFEE IN BED
YOUR ARM AROUND MY SHOULDERS, OUR DREAMS IN MY HEAD
THOSE HAPPY THOUGHTS RUSHED THROUGH MY MIND
SO MUCH MORE TO DO, SO MUCH JOY TO FIND
THE MOON WAS ON FIRE COMING THROUGH THE SKIES. AND I WOKE UP SMILIN’, STARING IN YOUR EYES
I SAW WHAT MATTERED BURNING IN THE NIGHT WHEN SPARKS FELL LIKE DIAMONDS FROM THE TREE OF LIFE
SPARKS FELL LIKE DIAMONDS BURNING IN THE NIGHT… AND THEY LIT UP OUR LOVE IN THE GLORY OF… THE TREE OF LIFE
THEY LIT UP OUR LOVE IN THE GLORY OF THE TREE OF LIFE

@Ben Mason 2022