Beach Forest Lyrics

An older couple I meet on the trail point out initials carved into the tree

And tell me they belong to their daughter and her boyfriend

Who died in a car accident seven years ago

A remembrance

A permanence

An etching into the world's knowledge a sign of lost existence

And I look out at the red-lined swamp

Textured and persevering, preserving

Sticky and seemingly warm

A diorama of understanding dappled with salt and sunlight

I dreamt I was here and then I was

The red leaves around the swamp will fall and they will dissolve

And these people will return and recall now fallen too

They told me the person in the other car died too

And that was the entire conversation

They turned back to the tree and I left a little bit confused

I haven't in a while but today I thought about you

It felt new

This time