Whistling Tree

Hold your breath and just hold me
To keep from breathing in the secondhand
Smoke of what we're supposed to be
'Cause they're just conmen selling us their lines
Yea they wrap around our heads
Take up they can, and leave our hearts behind

So won't you meet me in that secret place
Where lovers go to hide their face
So when the sun sinks low find the place we're free
Come down my love to the whistling tree
Won't you take my hand and follow my lead
Come down my love to the whistling tree

Blood in the roots, whispers in the leaves
From all the carved-out scars,
Forgotten names of lovers and their dreams
And in this stillness we move with ease
If this is the only place I can be with you
Then this is where I'll be

So won't you meet me in that secret place
Where lovers go to hide their face
Here the time moves slow and the air tastes sweet
Come down my love to the whistling tree
Won't you take my hand and follow my lead
Come down my love to the whistling tree

For far too long, I've been casting my eyes down
I never knew the way it made me numb
I'm tired, love, of hiding in the shadows
I long to see our colors in the sun
'Cause you are honey on my lips
The warmth glowing under my skin
And if heaven isn't here with you
Then I don't care to taste it

Some call us sinners, but I swear that you make me clean
'Cause you are everything I've ever wanted
You're all I'll ever need
And I know you hate this, biting down on your scream
But if you're leaving here for good this time
Don't you dare go without me

So won't you meet me in that secret place
Where lovers go to hide their face
Speak your heart out loud, see the way it gleams
Come down my love to the whistling tree
Won't you take my hand and follow my lead
Come down my love to the whistling tree
With this one last cry maybe they could see
Come down my love to the whistling tree
Won't you take my hand and swing with me
From a knot in a rope in the whistling tree