Bloodwood

[Verse 1]
It started with a crack, a splinter in my center
Not thunder but longing
And as a rib unfurled a bird landed in my chest
And called it a heart

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm not blooming
No, I am breaking, yeah!
And it sounds like a song
If you're listening close

[Chorus]
The blood in my veins was never mine alone
Carried sky, carried ash, carried every name I knew
The blood in my veins was never mine alone
Carried soil, carried song, carried every root of home
Home!

[Verse 2]
The leaves I once wore
Like crowns, now wilt at my feet
I trade green for blood
And it stains me beautiful

[Verse 3]
What a curious thing, what a lovely spin
And then you touched me
Soft as moss and I knew
Why we choose to be soft even when it hurts

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm not blooming
No, I am breaking, yeah!
And it sounds like a song
If you're listening close

[Chorus]
The blood in my veins was never mine alone
Carried sky, carried ash, carried every name I knew
The blood in my veins was never mine alone
Carried soil, carried song, carried every root of home
Carried every root of home

[Bridge 1]
They call me alive
But life comes with hunger
Desire feels like fire
Licking the bark from my bones

[Bridge 2]
I kissed someone
And I understood the reason
Why trees reach
And why they never ever stop

[Bridge 3]
I touch my face
A foreign name
A forest buried in bones
I realize, it's all the same
And feeling is louder
Than rain on leaves

[Piano Interlude]

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm not blooming
No, I am breaking, yeah!
And it sounds like a song
If you're listening close

[Chorus]
The blood in my veins was never mine alone
Carried sky, carried ash, carried every name I knew
The blood in my veins was never mine alone
Carried soil, carried song, carried every root of home

[Outro]
The blood in my veins was never mine alone
Carried soil, carried song, carried every root of home