Bloodwood

Lyrics

[Verse 1] It started with a crack, a splinter in my center Not thunder but longing And as a rib unfurled a bird landed in my chest And called it a heart [Pre-Chorus] I'm not blooming No, I am breaking, yeah! And it sounds like a song If you're listening close [Chorus] The blood in my veins was never mine alone Carried sky, carried ash, carried every name I knew The blood in my veins was never mine alone Carried soil, carried song, carried every root of home Home! [Verse 2] Thе leaves I once worе Like crowns, now wilt at my feet I trade green for blood And it stains me beautiful [Verse 3] What a curious thing, what a lovely spin And then you touched me Soft as moss and I knew Why we choose to be soft even when it hurts [Pre-Chorus] I'm not blooming No, I am breaking, yeah! And it sounds like a song If you're listening close [Chorus] The blood in my veins was never mine alone Carried sky, carried ash, carried every name I knew The blood in my veins was never mine alone Carried soil, carried song, carried every root of home Carried every root of home [Bridge 1] They call me alive But life comes with hunger Desire feels like fire Licking the bark from my bones [Bridge 2] I kissed someone And I understood the reason Why trees reach And why they never ever stop [Bridge 3] I touch my face A foreign name A forest buried in bones I realize, it's all the same And feeling is louder Than rain on leaves [Piano Interlude] [Pre-Chorus] I'm not blooming No, I am breaking, yeah! And it sounds like a song If you're listening close [Chorus] The blood in my veins was never mine alone Carried sky, carried ash, carried every name I knew The blood in my veins was never mine alone Carried soil, carried song, carried every root of home [Outro] The blood in my veins was never mine alone Carried soil, carried song, carried every root of home