I Am the Garden - Mirah

I did it wrong while my boots were on

I planted all

I wanted roots and love songs

but the dirt was dry

and the seeds were strong

now they’ve grown wild

where they don’t belong

I am the garden

I have the fruits you wanted

I am the garden

just danced in open hands

and do all the friends and neighbors have to say

where every leaf uncurls in the likeness of my face

and are you haunted by my leaving of that place

hey hey

and the now scarecrow of my ghost keeps me away

and now I hold nothing much

and I have grown my babies up

and how I moved I was a great machine

and it was true I gave life to every thing

I am the garden

I have all the fruits you wanted

I am the garden

just danced in open hands

well I wasn’t welcome anymore in the same way

you shut me up on the wrong side of the garden gate

and I wondered how to scale the fence I made

hey hey

and I gave up that hope and surrendered to the change

I did it wrong though my boots were on

I planted all I wanted roots and love songs

but the dirt was dry and the seeds were strong

now they’ve gone wild where they don’t belong

I am

I have all

I am

just danced in open hands

just danced in open hands

just danced in open hands

just danced in open hands