Story Behind The Song

written first year at cornell... i was definitely really into the nature thing. we say we need it, but we throw it all away. i wrote for myself as much as for others.

Song Description

this is a song about becoming what you hate the most

Lyrics

it?s been a long time since i?ve been out
see the country, see the trees
contemplate the things i?ve missed
get bit by flies and stung by bees
i?ve fallen from my mother?s hands
landed in a stone cold stream
now i?m back here in her arms
cradled with forgotten dreams
and don?t take it away from us
it?s nothing i can live without even if i must
i don?t know you, you don?t me
but i sing about you with weak knees
one day i?ll take you with me here
to see the birds and see the bees
and don?t take it away from us
it?s nothing i can live without even if i must
and when you cut down all the trees
you won?t see me
i?ll be at home with my family
just worrying about the simple things
will you walk with me tonight
in a lamp-lit paradise
the sweating asphalt reflects the light
bathing us, isn?t it nice
and now we sit here by the road
getting lonely, getting old
I never knew the earth so cold
the sky so gray, the clouds so low
and don?t take it away from us
it?s nothing i can live without even if i must
and when you cut down all the trees
you won?t see me
i?ll be at home with my memories
just worrying about the simple things