Glass Eye Filter - An Arboreal Shrine Lyrics

Dawn finds me roused
The scent of the ink stains the walls
I struggle to find
The words that will make this work

Of root and stem
Such are my thoughts when I shut my eyes
And in this here room
I'll pledge my confession to you, my love

Leaves blow
Dancing around
The wych elm
I wonder if she's there to
Hear me out as the final curtain falls

I should have let go
I know how you told me it's not the end
But you would be wrong
Had I not the heart to see this through

What took me so long
Was a notion that you could still be there
That you weren't yet gone
And that my days were a thing I still could bear

And time
Would still march on
Regardless
Of how I tried
To keep you as you once were

Leaves blew
Danced around
The wych elm
As if to mock me
Caressing her lifeless skin

Night after night
Your image haunts me
Your empty clothes in your bedroom
Painfully
Reminiscent of your now obvious absence

And as I write this letter
As the ink is drying
I can finally see you were right all along
This is not the end

I should have never tried to keep you with me
All I had to do was to find you myself
I have told the world of your final resting place
Your arboreal shrine

And in my final thoughts
This knot around my throat
Familiar as your breath
It slides around my neck