Garden Song by Jacob Terry Acoustic

This garden is deafening
Cicadas screaming out your name
Lavender blooms while I decay
Waiting silently

(So silently for you)

The leaves are wilting
On the vines wrapped round the entrance
Fill my lungs so I fail to mention
But they call your name

(They call your name)

This was only
Meant to be
Temporary

I used to dream
Of living in the garden
Photosynthesizing
And singing songs with sunflowers
They're calling you to run
Break away from all the rust
And all the corrosion

The gates still standing
Growing fragile from the strangling
Of the weeds wrapping around
Dandelions in bloom

I'm holding onto
Fractured memories of you
That held me when your arms
Were nowhere
To be seen

There's an image
In my head
Silhouetted

I used to dream
Of living in the garden
Photosynthesizing
And singing songs with sunflowers
They're calling you to run
Break away from all the rust
And all the corrosion

Waiting for years
To realise you weren't coming
Uprooting bones
To bring back part of myself
Bougainvillea
Wraps around with withered petals
Pulling air from my lungs
I can't let go


I used to dream
Of living in the garden
I used to dream
That you would be here too

I used to dream
Of living in the garden
Photosynthesizing
And singing songs with sunflowers
They're calling you to run
Break away from all the rust
And all the corrosion

I used to dream
Of living in the garden
Photosynthesizing
And singing songs with sunflowers
They're calling you to run
Break away from all the rust
And all the corrosion

• Acoustic
• Acoustic Pop Punk
• Alternative Pop
• Pop
• folk
• singer-songwriter
• Bideford