[intro]
“I told her not to go near them pines… but love makes fools of all of us.”
[Verse 1]
She took the lantern, said she’d be right back
Said she’d left her ribbon by the old dirt track
I waited an hour, then two, then ten
And the woods just breathed like they knew back then
The flame came first, floatin’ low and wide
Then the fog rolled in like it meant to hide
I heard her hummin’ through a broken tooth
Then the hum turned sharp—and that’s the truth
I found her shoe by the sawmill bend
Found her hair where the barbed vines end
The trees don’t talk, but they sure do lean
Like they watchin’ you try to scrub what’s seen
[chorus]
Where the lantern fell, the b***d ran thin
And the bagboy grinned like a long-lost kin
Ain’t no trail back once you gone that way
Just a burlap hush and a debt to pay
Where the lantern dropped, my heart stayed broke
Now I hum alone in the fire-smoke c***e
I don’t sleep, I don’t eat, I just dwell
By the roots and bones where her lantern fell
[Verse 2]
Folks say “move on,” but where would I go?
I married that soil, I buried that glow
I see her in steam, I see her in crows
And I hear her laugh where the cold wind blows
I tried to burn it all, torch the pines
But the flames just laughed and traced her lines
Even tried prayer, tried moonshine forget
But the burlap sings and I ain’t d**d yet
Some nights I dig, though I know she gone
Just want one bone to prove love’s not wrong
But the woods don’t give—they only take
And leave you hummin’ with a heart half-baked
[chorus]
Where the lantern fell, the b***d ran thin
And the bagboy grinned like a long-lost kin
Ain’t no trail back once you gone that way
Just a burlap hush and a debt to pay
Where the lantern dropped, my heart stayed broke
Now I hum alone in the fire-smoke c***e
I don’t sleep, I don’t eat, I just dwell
By the roots and bones where her lantern fell
[Outro]
“She lit the night… and the night swallowed her whole.”
[Outro]
“She danced toward the dark and smiled for me…”
“Lantern flickered, soul set free…”
“Love is tender, but rot runs deep…”
“Now she hums in burlap while you can’t sleep.”
