Roots

Backstory

“Not long ago, my wife and I returned to the quiet hill among the pines where we had gotten engaged many years before.”

Lyrics

This dirt path grown over now
We’ve grown up somehow
This hillside looking out
Like all those years ago
Back here on higher ground
These pines grew up somehow
Strong and steady now
We’ve been here before

There are scenes I remember
When that sky was a screen
Counting lights in the heavens
From that old trampoline

Walking long in the city
Under oaks in the rain 
Then the world stopped turning
When the symphony played 

Love ain’t easy
No it's so much more
And the roots go deeper 
Than the last year before

Lift me to higher ground
Don't have to make a sound
To make a sound, to say what we mean
Wept with the willows on sacred ground
Made us strong somehow
Feel that longing now
The sky is a screen

There are storms we have weathered 
Heavy arms round my neck
Heavy tears on my shoulder
Heavy head on my chest

Oh Our branches got tangled 
Standing up in the wind
I can't tell where you stop
And where I begin

Love ain’t easy
No it's so much more
And the roots grow deeper
Than the last year before 

Credits

Written by: McKane Davis
Guitars and Vocals: McKane Davis
Banjo, Guitars: Steve Varney
Drums: Max Barcelow
Bass: John Paul Grigsby
Backup Vocals: Cosette Smith