Marigold Lyrics

Together we build canopies of trust

The redwoods were not enough

In California fires start to burn

We're rubbed down to the wire saving all that we nurtured

And you let go of me

Oh I was so happy

Together we trimmed forests down to groves

And it was beautiful I thought

When we let go

The grove was weak the blight was strong that year

In just a single week all of the trees would disappear

You brandished your great axe before our cause

And leveled branch and bramble till the breath had left your lungs

And then you'd start to sing

Of hate and mutiny

As you journey unknowns with your eyes closed

And if my heart is so cold

Hey you're angry

Please just talk to me

Now I'm angry

You're too afraid to try

You're too afraid to try (I'm angry)

Now I'm angry (You're too afraid to try)

You're too afraid to try

And you let go of me

Oh I was so happy

Alone I would watch stumps turn to rot

And the marigold that bloomed

Gave me hope you could not