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
