Apple Tree
Words and Music by Aurora Aksnes, Odd Martin Skalnes and Magnus Skylstad; Arr. by Katerina Gimon
All of my life I’ve been hunting.
I’ve been a girl. I’ve been a boy,
Digging my feet into the ground
like an apple tree.
Wanting to live with a purpose.
Skin is a word, love is not a sin.
People are bad. People are good,
just like the moon is a stone,
but it’s a star when it’s dark,
and now she’s hiding.
If you’ve seen what a heart is,
you’ve seen its color.
If I every knew how we could guide it,
I would take care of its children,
become their mother.
If I ever knew how we could hide it,
oh hide it.
Let her save the world, she is just a girl.
Let him save them all, he is just a boy.
Hunger is quiet if you do it right.
Hunter is loud and predictable,
scaring away every prey so they are gone
before the hunter arrives.
Would you be kind and put away your sword?
You cannot cut away what we got.
You cannot kill what we are.
We are not here in physical form.
You’ve seen where the knife is,
its dark location.
If I ever knew how we could fight it,
I would cut into our anger,
make pure emotion.
Can you carry the weight of mortality?
The explosions around you are your symphony.
Let her save the world, she is just a girl.
Let him save them all, he is just a boy.
