[Verse 1]

Up in the woods, down in the mud

Tarnished tin and blackened blood

Rise up the cold, fold in the frost

Soon seeps in and time gets lost

[Verse 2]

Shape of stone, a heavy hand

Set to serve a shattered land

Weight of wind, and laughing leaves

Fear the call of feathered thieves

[Chorus]

I wonder have I lingered long?

Spellbound by the willow’s song?

How much longer shall I stay?

He won’t say

[Verse 3]

Distant dogs invade the air

Rush my ears, broke and bare

Ebony bird, hard in my hand

Harvest of a hostile land

[Verse 4]

Cousin crow is fearless now

Piercing eye and brazen bow

Blackest grace through silver sky

To seize that solemn bird and fly

[Chorus]

I wonder have I lingered long?

Spellbound by the willow’s song?

How much longer shall I stay?

He won’t say

[Bridge]

Heartwood relic carved by hand

Stolen from the promised land

Speaking with a wooden tongue

Smooth through time and a worried thumb

[Chorus]

I wonder have I lingered long?

Spellbound by the willow’s song?

How much longer shall I stay?

He won’t say