Silver and the Bramble Leaf

[Intro]
[Verse]
The mist is low across the field
To the bramble I will yield
Purple ink upon my hand
Walking through the quiet land
Silver locket, heavy weight
Swinging at the garden gate
[Pre-Chorus]
The metal’s cold against my chest
A secret heart is put to rest
I never heard your quiet voice
But in this dirt I make my choice
[Chorus]
Oh the berries grow so deep
In the secrets that you keep
With a silver thread of olden days
Lost within the morning haze
I am picking fruit for two
Finding pieces of the you
I never knew
[Post-Chorus]
Silver and the bramble leaf
A gentle kind of quiet grief
Wild and sweet
[Verse]
Dented silver, worn and thin
Tracing where your life had been
Engraved with vines and tiny flowers
Counting up the lonely hours
Sunlight filters through the green
Touching things I’ve never seen
[Pre-Chorus]
The metal’s cold against my chest
A secret heart is put to rest
I never heard your quiet voice
But in this dirt I make my choice
[Chorus]
Oh the berries grow so deep
In the secrets that you keep
With a silver thread of olden days
Lost within the morning haze
I am picking fruit for two
Finding pieces of the you
I never knew
[Bridge]
Steam rises from the herbal tea
While the blackbirds sing to me
They say the roots go down so far
They know exactly who we are
Old country myths in every seed
Everything a heart could need
[Verse]
I tuck the locket in my shirt
Feeling grounded in the dirt
The basket’s full, the sun is high
Underneath a painted sky
I’ll bake a pie and set a place
For a ghost without a face
[Chorus]
Oh the berries grow so deep
In the secrets that you keep
With a silver thread of olden days
Lost within the morning haze
I am picking fruit for two
Finding pieces of the you
I never knew
[Post-Chorus]
Silver and the bramble leaf
A gentle kind of quiet grief
Silver and the bramble leaf
Finding joy inside the brief
Wild and sweet
[Outro]