"Sapling" lyrics

"Sapling"

I remember way back when
I felt only ennui
Like nothing could complete me
No promise of a rising sun
Illuminating everyone
The very thought defeated

My life was a blinded light
Must be what it's like when worlds collide
Especially when he sees her
Pretty soon he'll tease her
I was on the road too long
My labored love bore only songs
Not one of them a keeper

But if I woke in the morning to find you were gone
I know I'd try and find the will to be strong
But am I strong enough? Am I strong enough?
I once built a bower, I could build you a home
Together forever but forever and on
Is still not long enough, it's still not long enough

The look of fear was in your eyes
And I could see myself as a child
Such a devastating feeling
I wished I could go back in time
But all I could do was apologise
Right there in your eyes were healing
Healing

Oh, if I woke in the morning to find you were gone
I know I'd try and find the will to be strong
But am I strong enough? Am I strong enough?
I once built a bower, I could build you a home
Together forever but forever and on
Is still not long enough, it's still not long enough

Oh, I've been Cain but I wanna be Abel
Been a drunken fool but I wanted to be stable enough
To lay every one of my cards out on the table
Hope it's not too late for us to find a way through

If I woke in the morning to find you were gone
I know I'd try and find the will to be strong
But am I strong enough? Am I strong enough?
I once built a bower, I could build you a home
Together forever but forever and on
Is still not long enough, it's still not long enough

I will look, get inside myself for a home
Found only a sapling in search of an oak
But it's a start my love, oh it's a start my love
But am I strong enough?


Thanks to E Newbs, dylan for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Foy Vance
Foy Vance shared the following, "I wrote a song called 'Sapling' about the importance of new growth, both personally and universally. I realised I had a choice. I could continue to wear a mask and risk losing everything or face up to my reality and start showing some signs of life." "Signs Of Life" was another of his songs published with "Sapling" on the 27th of May, 2021.
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