We Were Trees

 A seed falls to the ground and dies

Yet from the dead, once again to rise

Supported from the earth in where it lies

Striving for, encouraged by the skies

We were trees

Before in the darkness, silence hung

Now colors of a new verse are sung

Branches and leaves breathing like lungs

All creation sings without tongues

We were trees

We were trees

*musical interlude x 2*

If you cut me open, you won't see the things

Or all the other trees I knew

But if you cut me open, you can count the rings

And see how many times I grew

We were oaks of righteouness

And windy pines

Lofty cedars

And the shade was not mine

But the power living in me

*musical interlude x 4*

The healing for the nations

Comes from the leaves

And we were trees

We were trees