Trees
-written by Jeremy Gloff
-appears on Autumn (1998)
THE STORY:
The morning after an ice storm. Every tree covered in ice. Dead branches swaying in crystalline gorgeousness. The street was silent but for the snapping and breaking of dead branches. And there I stood…
THE LYRICS:
THE STORY:
The morning after an ice storm. Every tree covered in ice. Dead branches swaying in crystalline gorgeousness. The street was silent but for the snapping and breaking of dead branches. And there I stood…
THE LYRICS:
Young man
Why do you feel so old
Freeze creeps in
Behind the eyes
Wonderland of icicles
In December he is like the trees.
Angels... cast onto him
Ten cold boys to unfreeze
Though he's given warmth to them
In December he is like the trees.
He lives in the wintertime
Ground is colorless... water freeze
Some break from the icicles
In December he is like the trees.