Joshua Tree | Teen Ink

Joshua Tree

April 25, 2016
By Claire123 PLATINUM, Seattle, Washington
Claire123 PLATINUM, Seattle, Washington
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Some say spirits travel

across the air you breathe

Where the cactus grows

and the skies are free

 

In this land where every rock

seems to know your history

I am the earth

and the earth is me

 

In the land of the mystics

I have solved my mystery

Just the rocks, and me

and the Joshua trees

 

If you open all your walls

and close your working eyes

You will find the answers

are as endless as the skies

 

You can seek the truth for years and never find it

or it can hit you like the wind

In this land where I am nothing

I am more than I've ever been

 

In our words we find our anger

In the silence we find peace

Just the rocks, and me

and the Joshua trees

 

We are all just spirits flowing

The wind, it blew me to the desert sand

Maybe we're only happy

when we finally find somewhere to land

 

I've never been more alone

And I've never been less lonely

Just the rocks, and me

and the Joshua trees

 

Just the rocks, and me

and the Joshua trees


The author's comments:

I wrote this song in Joshua Tree, California (a truly magical place), where I spent a day sitting at the top of a very tall hill where I could see for miles and miles, with no one but my mandolin, my diary, the desert hares, and the cactuses for company. It was there that I felt truly at home and peaceful, and where I realized the importance of simply BEING. Being in touch with nature, with oneself, with the world. That is what this song is about.


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