There Is a Tree

Last night I dreamt you very near Though the night was dark beyond the glass I knew you'd left before I woke But you fogged the window when you passed The air was still and smelled like rain Though I'd never known so dry a spell And what I heard there in the dark Are the secrets I will never tell There is a tree beyond this world In its ancient roots this song is curled I am the fool whose life's been spent Between what's said and what is meant I didn't mean what went so wrong Some things I wish I didn't know I've always lived inside my head And often utterly alone I'll be a pillow for your head You can make me promises you can't keep And I'll believe each word you've said And I'll hum to you while you sleep There is a tree beyond this world In its ancient roots this song is curled I am the fool whose life's been spent Between what's said and what is meant You took me by my shaking hand Laughed at me and closed the door And you put your hands to my waist And you waltzed me 'round the kitchen floor There is a tree beyond this world In its ancient roots this song is curled I am the fool whose life's been spent Between what's said and what is meant So I will wander without fail In circles that grow ever wide The sky expands and then exhales With an ache that never will subside There is a tree beyond this world In its ancient roots this song is curled I am the fool whose life's been spent Between what's said and what is meant