[Verse 1] They tell the tale in dust Under fig-tree shade Where the old ropes hang And the river pulls away He ran like thunder once Bare feet, iron chest Now the vines just move Through the shape he left [Pre-Chorus] But the night still knows his name In the cracks of the trees And the drums go soft When they hear him breathe [Chorus] What happens to the ghost of Tarzan? (ghost of Tarzan) Does he climb past the stars again? (again, again) What happens to the ghost of Tarzan? When the forest calls him back He swings through my mind And never lands [Verse 2] I saw him in a dream On a broken vine With the moonlit scars And the animal eyes He said, "Don’t bury me In your passing years I’m the wind in the roots I’m the taste of fear" [Pre-Chorus] So I followed where he went Past the thorn and stone And the air grew green Like a place he’d known [Chorus] What happens to the ghost of Tarzan? (ghost of Tarzan) Does he climb past the stars again? (again, again) What happens to the ghost of Tarzan? When the forest calls him back He swings through my mind And never lands [Bridge] Maybe legends don’t die They just learn to roam In the teeth of rain In the bark of home If you listen close By the waterfall You can hear that cry And it haunts it all [Final Chorus] What happens to the ghost of Tarzan? (ghost of Tarzan) Does he climb past the stars again? (again, again) What happens to the ghost of Tarzan? When the forest calls him back He swings through my mind And never lands He swings through my mind And never lands
