Apple Tree Lyrics

She's telling that story again

The one when I was four and I didn't understand

She always starts to tell it when she feels the race of time

I can see it in her eyes

It wasn't too long ago

I wanted to run away

Make a life of my own

Route to California

She said

If you must go

Promise to come back to me if you ever feel alone

Her heart gets bigger filling up the empty nest

I never realized just how much of it I'd miss

Now that I've felt gravity I'm proud to be her mini me

I am the apple and she is the apple tree

And it was thrilling

Exciting

Sailing through the free fall

Severed from her leaves

But then I hit and bounced and realized

No longer could I see her eyes

But I couldn't tell her that

Or we would just agonize and cry over the past

So I eased her mind

Took a seat on the front row

Finally it was my turn to watch her grow

Her heart gets bigger filling up the empty nest

I never realized just how much of it I'd miss

Now that I've felt gravity I'm proud to be her mini me

I am the apple and she is the apple tree

Now that the apple has fallen from the tree

Her roots have risen around me

And no matter how long or how far we are apart

Beating in my veins is a piece of her heart

And it gets bigger filling up the empty nest

I never realized just how much of it I'd miss

Now that I've felt gravity I'm proud to be her mini me

I am the apple and she is the apple tree

I am the apple and she is the apple tree