bark - wildest winter

We were in the age of made up names
And playing house because it was fun
My hand got caught in a splinter and you beat it till I felt better
Childhood friends but still obsessed with avenging the other

I don't have the guts to go after the woods that took you years ago
Maybe I'm afraid that if I find out what happened to you
I'll have to let you go

We own the bark in this forest
We were the love that ran through it
But it isn't the same after
Twenty years in the grave
We were the light that lit the darkest
Times, in this town we used to call it
An apocalypse
But I still remember when we carved our names in the bark the longest

I searched heaven and earth for something that would
Give me a sign that you're alive and that you're
Somewhere living a secret life

I don't have the guts to go after the woods that took you years ago
Maybe I'm afraid that if I find out what happened to you
I'll have to let you go

We own the bark in this forest
We were the love that ran through it
But it isn't the same after
Twenty years in the grave
We were the light that lit the darkest
Times, in this town we used to call it
An apocalypse
But I still remember when we carved our names in the bark the longest

I run my hand along the trees
In the hope that they might speak to me
If I find you will you recognise me
If I'm lost enough, will that make you come
And save me just this once
I know I should've given up years ago
Like you did, I wish I knew before

We own the bark in this forest
We were the love that ran through it
But it isn't the same after
Twenty years in the grave
We were the light that lit the darkest
Times, in this town we used to call it
An apocalypse
But I still remember when we carved our names in the bark the longest. 

-Neha Bhende

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