Hiding in your hoodie, pulling on its strings
Haven't took it off since you told me everything
God, I wish that you didn't
Had to take a knife and open up the cut
Silver in the light, watch it tear me up
I'll bleed out any minute
I could look the other way again
'Cause I learned from the best how to play pretend
If a tree falls
I don't wanna hear it
'Cause if I don't know
I don't have to feel it
If I don't see it going down
Then why can't I just block it out?
Watching you fall
And I was nowhere near it
But I heard it, and I hate it
Back at the beginning, older than before
Wish I could remember the girl who I adored
I don't know where she's hidden
Running by the water, sun-burning my skin
Gotta keep on moving before it all sinks in
How is he getting through it?
I could look the other way again
'Cause I learned from the best how to play pretend
If a tree falls
I don't wanna hear it
(I don't want wanna hear it, I don't)
'Cause if I don't know
I don't like to feel it
(I don't have to feel it, I don't)
If I don't see it going down
Then why can't I just block it out?
Watching you fall
And I was nowhere near it
But I heard it, and I hate it
If I don't see it going down
(Does it make a sound, does it make a sound?)
Then I won't have to be let down
(Oh, I hate the sound, oh, I hate the sound)
If I don't see it going down
(Does it make a sound, does it make a sound?)
Then why can't I just block it out?
(Oh, I hate the sound, oh, I hate the sound)
Yeah, I heard it, and I hate that I did, now I'm hurting
And I heard it, and I hate that I did, was it worth it?
If I don't see it going down
(Does it make a sound, does it make a sound?)
Then why can't I just block it out?
(Does it make a sound, does it make a)
If a tree falls
I don't wanna hear it
If a Tree Falls was written by Eliza Enman-McDaniel & Lowell & Jordan Miller (The Beaches) & Karah James & Kylie Miller & Leandra Earl & Sam Jackson Willows.
If a Tree Falls was produced by Lowell & Gus Van Go.
The Beaches released If a Tree Falls on Fri Sep 15 2023.
Jordan Miller:
When I wrote this song, I didn’t expect to be so in touch with my pain going through this experience. I’m normally somebody who avoids it or laughs at it, but this song is really about the dissolution of my relationship and feeling betrayed and let down. I needed to sort of hug that...