When the clouds show their teeth I can retreat under our canopy

Sturdy and tall like a fortress of Maple

A precious escape, dip in honey kept safe in the hive

While you hold up a bone to the hounds at my ankles

Dressed in mold, I came in cold, then wore our laughter like a coat

And checked my worries into a bank of snow

As we got buried we shortened the lengths of rope

Around table or flames we pour like summer rain onto tangled root

Then it flows through our veins as we stretch out our branches

So when the clouds start to roar I can weather the storm for a while

Oh the cycle that's born from the kindest of chances

Well I'll keep tight, sixteen smiles

Stretched on the mountain those summer nights

I'd poured my ants down onto the miles of road

I held my hands out and walked on the tightened rope

Stay close enough to shake

When the hands coax you away

Keep your share in the braid

Out five thousand suns from now

When life's pulled us around

Will we squeeze on a couch?

Stay close enough to shape

When time's wooed you away

Keep your roots in their place

Out ten thousand moons from now

When your arms have been stretched out

Make some room on the couch