The Tree
Blitzen Trapper Lyrics

When your love rains down just like diamonds all around
Love that falls like diamonds is a strange and transforming force on the ground

Strange and changing sound transformation in the ground
The love is transforming and makes a strange sound as it changes the earth

Great and winding tree splits the earth from sea to sea
A large tree splits the earth from sea to sea

And my lover comes to me, bids me follow endlessly
The artist's lover beckons them to follow without end

As she laughs and starts to climb through the branches and the vines
The lover laughs and begins to climb through the tree's branches and vines

Through the tangle of our minds
They climb through the maze of their thoughts and emotions

For this tree you see it grows, never-ending
The tree is infinite and never stops growing

When your love flows free just the way it’s meant to be
When love is unencumbered, the artist can let go of their chains

All these chains that bind I find I quickly leave behind
The artist leaves their emotional chains behind

And all the earth below seems a thin and fleeting snow
The earth seems insubstantial compared to the artist's love

And my father I concede is further up upon the tree
The singer's father is on the tree further up

And his beard is made of bees dancing wildly in the leaves
The artist's father has a beard made of bees that dance in the leaves

And my lover says to me you must be blind if you’re to see
The lover tells the singer they must see in a different way to truly understand

Must walk behind if you’re to lead
To be a good leader, you must first learn to follow

Must be the soil to the seed never-ending
To have something last forever, you must nurture it from the beginning

For I feel the years like distant gears may turn and come to rest
The artist feels the passage of time like distant gears

Where they dwell within my chest
Time lives within the artist's chest

Let my spirit coalesce
The singer desires their spirit to unite as one

Yes and death is dressed in colors blessed a mystery I confess I cannot see
Death is a mysterious and blessed experience the singer cannot comprehend

When your love rains down the sound of singing so profound
The sound of love is profound like singing when it falls

Fills the ground so deep like a weeping mothers sleep
The love fills the ground deeply like a sleeping mother weeping

As a baby’s breath whispers death so none can hear
Death whispers like a baby's breath, too quiet for anyone to hear

And I passed the ancient seer
The singer surpasses an ancient visionary

Entering the atmosphere
The artist enters a new state of being

In a tree that never ends with my lover and our friends
The singer is in an infinite tree with their lover and friends

Entering the black of space
The singer travels into the unknown void of space

We replace the stars that shine never-ending
The singer and their companions replace the endless shining stars