Wait By The Rows

[Verse 1]
You planted your laugh in the late thaw mud
I kept the gate while the cold held on
One branch gave fruit in the middle of frost
One held its breath with the green still gone

[Pre-Chorus]
I used to call it leaving
When a root went deep and quiet
Now I know the earth is working
Even when I cannot find it

[Chorus]
You bloom when you bloom, I’ll wait by the rows
Some hearts take the rain, some need the snow
No clock for the garden, no debt to repay
I love you in winter, I love you in May
Different seasons, one ground beneath us
Different seasons, still reaching through dust

[Verse 2]
You came back laughing with pears in your coat
She sent one green leaf through a crack in the stone
I learned not to tug at the sleeping vine
Or measure your spring by the spring of my own

[Pre-Chorus]
I used to call it leaving
When a root went deep and quiet
Now I know the earth is working
Even when I cannot find it

[Chorus]
You bloom when you bloom, I’ll wait by the rows
Some hearts take the rain, some need the snow
No clock for the garden, no debt to repay
I love you in winter, I love you in May
Different seasons, one ground beneath us
Different seasons, still reaching through dust

[Bridge]
If your branches are bare, you can rest here
If your petals fall, I’ll keep the place
Nothing living owes me a timetable
Nothing true arrives at the same pace

[Final Chorus]
You bloom when you bloom, I’ll wait by the rows
Some hearts take the rain, some need the snow
No clock for the garden, no debt to repay
I love you in winter, I love you in May
Different seasons, one ground beneath us
Different seasons, still reaching through dust

[Outro]
I’ll leave the gate unlatched
Till your season comes