The Lotus and the Willow - Phantasma

A tree and another tree

Each by their own but underneath

A heart-shaped knot of roots

Connects entire woods

It’s a fine line between

Solitude and being lonely

Like a flower and a tree

That were never meant to be

'Cause he told me

Like the lotus and the willow

At the river by the meadow

Come the fall she will sleep

And the willow it weeps

And like all the star-crossed lovers

Say goodbye to one another

Like the willow, I weep

Like the willow, I weep

And it’s a cold winter

And a cruel fate

You’ll bend your branches down

I dig my roots into the ground

We used to be so close

We used to be so close

Love has transformed your face

I’m so sorry for how love

Arched your back for one embrace

Bring back our one embrace

I’ll do anything

Like the lotus and the willow

At the river by the meadow

Come the fall she will sleep

And the willow it weeps

And like all the star-crossed lovers

Say goodbye to one another

Like the willow, I weep

Like the willow, I weep

And it’s a cold winter

And a cruel fate

And it’s a cold winter

And a cruel fate

Like the lotus and the willow

At the river by the meadow

Come the fall she will sleep

And the willow it weeps

And like all the star-crossed lovers

Say goodbye to one another

Like the willow, I weep

Like the willow, I weep

And it’s a cold winter

And a cruel fate