Leafless - Lyrics by Orphanage


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in my roots underground, bits of grief still remainlingering memories, replacing joy by painin my roots underneath my silent cries grind and burnshaping my own defeat to the point of no returnyou are leaving me to cope with my scarsignoring me for what? I don't knowformer joy burnt down and decayed,all that might have been turned to hatedew washed away by the rain, acid bitterness eats meit burns a hole in my crust,seedlings of our trust won't grow no moreleafless you left me as leaves fell down to earthnaked I became when you left,lonely is the woods of my truncwhere in the whirl of your thoughts was the reason anyway?
Seasons nature's cure for my shame,in time my branches will grow againspring, winter's foe has arrived,blooming I once did... and will do again...what did I do wrong to lose your trust?the tree that's me was shookyou turned your back and left,can't you see I was afraid of youand of that higher tree that took the sun awayit all happened much too fast for meand what you didn't know:your tears were acid rain browning my green
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