The Tree lyrics
The Tree
HESIONE:
Poor little thing
pinched in
nowhere to go
HERMOCRATES:
Caricature of a tree
HESIONE:
Tied with a string
cinched in
bent like a bow
HERMOCRATES:
Not what a tree ought to be
HESIONE:
Shortened and shriveled and shrinking
what must the poor thing be thinking?
HERMOCRATES:
Trees cannot think
HESIONE:
Yes, But...
HERMOCRATES:
Still there's a link...
HESIONE:
Yes? What?
HERMOCRATES:
That's not to say...
HESIONE:
I Agree poor little thing stunted tied in a knot
HERMOCRATES:
Never knew what it could be
HESIONE:
Maybe it once wanted more than it got
HERMOCRATES:
Way of the world
HESIONE:
C'est la vie
HERMOCRATES:
Blind to its captive condition
HESIONE:
Cringing in silent submission
HERMOCRATES:
Trees cannot choose...
HESIONE:
Yes, but...
HERMOCRATES:
One might confuse...
HESIONE:
Yes, What?...
HERMOCRATES:
Way of the world
HESIONE:
I agree imagine, though if it were free to grow like any common tree
HERMOCRATES:
Above the house
HESIONE:
Above the hill
HERMOCRATES:
Express itself
HESIONE:
Exert it's will
HERMOCRATES:
A wild inpulsive flight!
HESIONE:
Perhapes one day it might...
HERMOCRATES:
Still, there are ties
HESIONE:
Clearly hard to ignore
HERMOCRATES:
Harder to break...
HESIONE:
So they say.
If one denies...
HERMOCRATES:
Closes...
HESIONE:
Opens the door
I would not stand in the way
HERMOCRATES:
You are still fairly attractive
HESIONE:
You are still youthful and active
what if you just...
Brother?
HERMOCRATES:
I think you must...
Sister
HESIONE:
Life is so short...
HERMOCRATES:
I agree
and ah what fruit the tree would bear
HESIONE:
A lusty fig
HERMOCRATES:
A rosey pear
HESIONE:
A bursting plum
HERMOCRATES:
A swollen peach
HESIONE:
Tumscent grapes...
HERMOCRATES:
Please, I beseech
HESIONE:
There are....
There are no words to say....
BOTH:
Perhapes, who knows,one day
HESIONE:
If i might say...
HERMOCRATES:
Please do
HESIONE:
If you insist...
I thought perhapes i'd misread
HERMOCRATES:
I meant to say...
HESIONE:
Please do
HERMOCRATES:
All that we've missed
HESIONE:
Life is so short!
HERMOCRATES:
So you said
HESIONE:
What if i suddenly told you...
HERMOCRATES:
There'd be no reason to hold you...
HESIONE:
So good to know
HERMOCRATES:
Truly
HESIONE:
One need not be
HERMOCRATES:
Ah yes, I see
BOTH:
Poor tree.
Last Update: April, 30th 2014