Verse
October drops its pennies on the ground
Copper leaves keep spinning, spinning down
You're leaning on the willow, hands in your sleeves
Watching how the branches learn to grieve
I counted every step it took to fall
Nineteen feet from the fence to where you stall
The wind keeps writing letters in the grass
I read your name in every one that passed
Pre-Chorus
Is this the cold or is it you
Making my whole chest come undone
Tell me why the ground feels far away
When I'm the one still standing
Chorus
I've got willow vertigo
Bending toward you, letting go
Branches dizzy, roots still holding tight
I'm falling slow but landing right
Willow vertigo
The sweetest way to lose my footing
Golden dust and shaking knees
This is how it feels to fall for you and breathe
Verse
November now, your scarf is red like wine
You laughed and said the season's on your side
We stacked our coffee cups like little towers
Talked for three, four, five unmeasured hours
The willow's nearly bare against the sky
Still it holds its shape, and so do I
You said you like the way I say your name
Slow, like autumn, never quite the same
Pre-Chorus
Is this the cold or is it you
Making my whole chest come undone
Tell me why the ground feels far away
When I'm the one still standing
Chorus
I've got willow vertigo
Bending toward you, letting go
Branches dizzy, roots still holding tight
I'm falling slow but landing right
Willow vertigo
The sweetest way to lose my footing
Golden dust and shaking knees
This is how it feels to fall for you and breathe
Bridge
Maybe falling isn't losing ground
Maybe it's just leaning toward a sound
I used to brace for winter, brittle, tense
Now I'm just a branch that makes more sense
Bent completely, never breaking through
That's the trick the willow taught me, loving you
Chorus
I've got willow vertigo
Bending toward you, letting go
Branches dizzy, roots still holding tight
I'm falling slow but landing right
Willow vertigo
The sweetest way to lose my footing
Golden dust and shaking knees
This is how it feels to fall for you and breathe
