Apple Tree

She's telling that story again The one when I was four and I didn't understand She always starts to tell it when she feels the race of time I can see it in her eyes It wasn't too long ago I wanted to run away Make a life of my own Route to California She said If you must go Promise to come back to me if you ever feel alone Her heart gets bigger filling up the empty nest I never realized just how much of it I'd miss Now that I've felt gravity I'm proud to be her mini me I am the apple and she is the apple tree And it was thrilling Exciting Sailing through the free fall Severed from her leaves But then I hit and bounced and realized No longer could I see her eyes But I couldn't tell her that Or we would just agonize and cry over the past So I eased her mind Took a seat on the front row Finally it was my turn to watch her grow Her heart gets bigger filling up the empty nest I never realized just how much of it I'd miss Now that I've felt gravity I'm proud to be her mini me I am the apple and she is the apple tree Now that the apple has fallen from the tree Her roots have risen around me And no matter how long or how far we are apart Beating in my veins is a piece of her heart And it gets bigger filling up the empty nest I never realized just how much of it I'd miss Now that I've felt gravity I'm proud to be her mini me I am the apple and she is the apple tree I am the apple and she is the apple tree