[Verse 1]

Roots that dive to oceans deep beneath the ground

Skin like alligators wrapping round and round

Arms are raised victorious, heaving in the sun

This, the tree, the place that memories begun

[Chorus]

And it’s alright, it’s too hot to touch

Like a bad dream, it can seem too much

And I never held you in my arms to let you go

Arms to let you go

[Verse 2]

By the mighty oak tree, standing as a boy

Reaching branches won’t stop who they will deploy

It’s the day the letter came to my front door

Me and all my school friends, off to win the war

[Bridge]

All that we remember, all that we defend

Our skin like alligators binds us till the end

[Chorus]

And it’s alright, it’s too hot to touch

Like a bad dream, it can seem too much

And I never held you in my arms to let you go

Arms to let you go