Left bare, one crooked branch Leafless, alone nothing grows there A great tree before I let the rot take hold Suspend me from your arm, let your skin fuse with my knot
Rail against the fight of life Don't try to hold your breath, you chose me Two stitches cheating time, alone they wept You tied the loop that binds the tension
Here, I fetch this rope Wring it 'round my shoulders Here, I fetch this rope Arrange me like a lark's head
Fail at last, I do concede The sweet appeal of thread seduces me This easing now I feel, a change of heart Or just a gentle plea to turn back?
Left bare, one crooked branch Leafless, alone nothing grows there A great tree before I let the rot take hold Suspend me from your arm, let your skin fuse with my knot
Free I am from this body But will my spirit hang eternally? The smiling face of time waits with me For the sin in life to be forgiven
Here, I fetch this rope Wring it 'round my shoulders Here, I fetch this rope Arrange me like a lark's head