Rhododendron

Here we are in the pre-dawn lamp light
Take it in, breathe it in
Staring into the French Broad, clear-eyed
Mmm, listening

Fire flickers, and the stars burn brighter
November brushes against my skin
The stillness wraps around me like a rhododendron
Hmm

Clouds shifting beyond this treeline
Looking out from hallowed ground
The dogwoods are blazing crimson
Glory all around (glory all around)

Smoke is thickening o'er mountain
Wrens scatter as the cold moves in
Underneath the brush, I see a lonely rhododendron
Hmm

Here's where I'll lay my head down
Just like the ones who've come before
Moss be my emerald pillow
When I make my bed on the forest floor

Here's where I'll lay my head down (here we are in the pre-dawn lamp light)
Just like the ones who've come before (take it in, breathe it in)
Moss be my emerald pillow (staring into the French Broad, clear-eyed)
When I make my bed on the forest floor (mmm, listening)

Here's where I'll lay my head down (here we are in the pre-dawn lamp light)
Just like the ones who've come before (take it in, breathe it in)
Moss be my emerald pillow (staring into the French Broad, clear-eyed)
When I make my bed on the forest floor (mmm, listening)
(Like a rhododendron) here's where I'll lay my head down (I'm a rhododendron)
(Like a rhododendron) just like the ones who've come before (I'm a rhododendron)

Like a rhododendron
I'm a rhododendron
Like a rhododendron
I'm a rhododendron

(Like a rhododendron) I'm a rhododendron
I'm a rhododendron
Like a rhododendron
I'm a rhododendron

(Like a rhododendron) I'm a rhododendron
I'm a rhododendron
I'm a rhododendron
I'm a rhododendron