Willow of Lantern (version 2)

Verse

Lanterns strung low through the willow tree

Paper light swaying where you stand near me

Wind moves the branches, not your hand

Leaves keep brushing where our shadows land

Ground's still soft from the evening rain

Copper glow catching the side of your name

Nobody's reaching, nobody's bold

Just the sway the willow holds

Pre-Chorus

Is it the wind or the way you lean

Do you feel it moving what we won't between

Chorus

Willow of lantern light

Branches touch what we don't tonight

Willow of lantern glow

Sway says all we need to know

Hands stay still, leaves keep time

Willow of lantern light

Verse

Paper lanterns dimming one by one

Your shoulder drifting where the dance is done

Bass hums low through the wet grass floor

Half a step from needing more

Nobody's speaking, the branches keep score

Passed like a secret through an open door

Fingers curl but they don't arrive

Held soft where the willows sigh

Pre-Chorus

Is it the wind or the way you lean

Do you feel it moving what we won't between

Chorus

Willow of lantern light

Branches touch what we don't tonight

Willow of lantern glow

Sway says all we need to know

Hands stay still, leaves keep time

Willow of lantern light

Bridge

Let the leaves say it for us now

Every rustle is a kind of vow

No touch needed, wind knows how

Just the answer in the bough

Chorus

Willow of lantern light

Branches touch what we don't tonight

Willow of lantern glow

Sway says all we need to know

Hands stay still, leaves keep time

Willow of lantern light