Swingtree Lyrics - Singles - Discovery

[Chorus] 

If I was a boy at sea 

I would be swinging from a broken tree 

I would be down on my back looking up at stars at night 

And if I could get back to reach, to reach the saltiest of evergreens 

You know that I would turn back just to fight the whites of iron eyes 

[Verse 1 - Rostam] 

When I hear that wind and I think of Spring 

Underneath an open window a carved out sign and 

Often I would fight with my mind 

[Verse 1 - Wes] 

Saltwater brine where you hung your crown 

When you washed your eyes in last night's tea 

I thought you might come out from the dream to find that 

[Chorus] 

[Verse 1 - Rostam] 

Underneath the pine grew a patch of thyme 

That I burned for six days in the sun 

'til I heard the distant sound of drums 

[Verse 1 - Wes] 

Oh the queen had come and the King had died 

And my forehead burned but I closed my eyes 

And my forehead burned but I closed my eyes 

[Chorus x3] 

[Background lyrics during second and third Chorus - Rostam] 

Before I go I've got to run, down the street to the market cove where I could 

Find six seeds to bring back to the yard and plant underneath the birch tree 

No white skies or red sunlight 

In the saltwater brine 

My forehead burned but I closed my eyes 

Whoa. Now you've got to go 

[Variations on Chorus]