RETURN TO THE GARDEN

(album: ENDLESS HALLWAY - 2022)

I took clippings from a life I couldn't propagate
Plant them round the posts of the garden gate
Water water everywhere and still our roots would shrink
Water water everywhere but not a drop of wine to drink

Took a look around and it was fairly grim
They used to make me promise I would pray for them
So I told them with a wink that I'd be back someday
The smile behind the lie a dead giveaway

We trained the vine
May our hearts be overgrown
We trained the vine
In the grove we are alone
Pinned to the ground now
Underneath the sound now
Who holds you down
When there's no one else around
We trained the vine
We are ever intertwined
We trained the vine
We are ever intertwined

Calm before the sun slips away
Before the night shadows day
You bring us wine with the rain
You bring us wine with the rain

Your roots are bound now
Can't recall the sound now
How are we to drown
In a juice so unprofound
We trained the vine
We are ever intertwined
Forever yours forever mine

Calm before the sun slips away
Before the night shadows day
You bring us wine with the rain
You bring us wine with the rain

I trained the vine to bind
You bring us wine with the rain
I trained the mind divine
You bring us wine with the rain

Traveled the mountains
Sailed every sea
Wandered the desert
Swam gutters in the city

I've stood in drought, I've stood through storm
With only memories of you to keep warm
I've braved the fire, withstood the frost
I am within but forever I am lost

A tale this old is sold for gold
Woven through gates in the garden
The more it's told, more overgrown
Woven through gates in the garden
I used to pray for myself
Now I only pray for you
A tale this old is sold for gold
Woven through gates in the garden

I took clippings from a vine I'd never seen before
Then I realized I was laying on the garden floor
The sound is overwhelming so I beg your pardon
We've always been woven through gates in the garden