Mein baum

You gave me support
From childhood
You stay alive for me
As long as I can dream
I lay in your shadow
And looked up to you
And let the insatiable
Let your feelings run free

I went to you
Before I said goodbye
And have embraced you
And when I came back
Did I run to you first
I hugged you and called you friend
The other friends hardly counted for me
My tree Mmm

I could come to you
With every woe and ouch
You welcomed me
Under your green roof
And if I wanted to cry
Did you listen to me
When I was supposed to go to school
Did you share in your outrage

I felt best
Hidden in your leaves
I was in your branches
A castle in the air architect
I built my first house there
And looked down on the world
From a room inhabited only by me
My tree

Once sang in your branches
The Wind in Minor and Major
Now they are being silenced
The voice of nature
Progress has killed you
The storm of time swept you away
And I only hug you in my dreams
My tree mmm
My tree mmm
My tree