Down In The Valley Of Hollow Logs Lyrics - Through The Trees - Handsome Family

Down in the valley of hollow logs 

Two lovers lay in the weeds 

Safe in the net of their sweaty arms 

Safe from the wind in the trees 

My love, said the boy, you're the clear blue sky 

You're the air I gulp to breathe 

I feel you rushing through my vein 

Like the wind rushing through the trees 

My love, said the girl, you're my secret pearl 

You're a string of tiny glass beads 

You're a burning star I keep in a jar 

Safe from the wind in the trees 

Down in the valley of hollow logs 

Two lovers lay back in the weeds 

Listening to the howl of hunting dogs 

And the wind howling through the trees 

Then insects ran for the underbrush 

As the wind fills the air with dead leaves 

And every stone moved closer to dust 

As the wind tore through the trees 

So the young girl pierced her lily-white breast 

Her blood poured over dark weeds 

A silver dagger through her burning heart 

Cold as the wind in the trees 

So the boy picked up the bloody knife 

And stove it through the chest 

Farewell, farewell to the wind and the trees 

I'll die with the one I love best