Under the Dead Tree

[Verse 1] I carved my name in bark Then watched it peel away You said forever here But forever can decay The roots are black below They twist like broken vows We stood beneath the limbs Now there’s no shelter now [Pre-Chorus] And I can hear it groan That old sky splitting sound Every promise we made Falling down, falling down [Chorus] Under the dead tree of life We were sworn to stay alive Under the dead tree of life Love kept bleeding through the night Forever has a dark side Forever has a dark side [Verse 2] Your coat on my old fence Still smells like rain and rust The rings inside the trunk Look just like us, just dust I tried to dig us up But time had other plans It buried every dream In a fist of dirt and sand [Pre-Chorus] And I can hear it groan That old sky splitting sound Every promise we made Falling down, falling down [Chorus] Under the dead tree of life We were sworn to stay alive Under the dead tree of life Love kept bleeding through the night Forever has a dark side Forever has a dark side [Bridge] If heaven had a gate I missed it on the road Now I wear your goodbye Like a stone inside my coat No halo in these limbs No mercy in the moon Just two lost silhouettes And the shape we outgrew [Final Chorus] Under the dead tree of life We were sworn to stay alive Under the dead tree of life Now I’m trying not to break Forever has a dark side Forever has a dark side Forever has a dark side