From the recording Abbreviations
Lyrics
I wrote your name on the back of my mind, so you’d stay around.
But when this tree falls, I won’t be outside. I cant stand the sound.
This mess i’ve made is too much to bear sometimes.
And the trust i break... well, it leaves me scared when I’m fine.
I’ll just keep my head up like you told me to.
There’s no such thing as getting old. Not yet, no.
Young love, the spirit inside of me... keep my garden green.
I call you mad from the shadows, too dark to see
the chance i have to let go, to be set free
Across my back pile my days, and it shows.
As they stack, I feel the pain, but you don’t.
You said, “Keep your head up like I told you to.
There’s no such thing as getting old. Not yet, no.
Young love, the spirit inside of you... keep your garden green.”
Maybe abstract, but what’s a setback? Let it pour all over you.
We hold the reigns. It’s true, we do.