Trees Don't Move

(Vers 1) Wind is howling, sky is black The world is having a heart attack Buildings shaking, systems cracking Everybody running, everybody panicking But I'm standing still, feet in the ground Roots so deep they can't be found By the hurricane, by the flood By the fear running through the blood They ask me why I'm not afraid I tell them: "The forest wasn't built in a day And the trees don't run when the storm arrives They just hold on to what keeps them alive" (Pre-chorus) Storm above, fire below The winds will scream, the winds will blow But the roots remember, the roots know The trees don't move—they just grow (Chorus) THE TREES DON'T MOVE, THE TREES DON'T BREAK THEY JUST STAND TALL FOR THE FOREST'S SAKE STORM CAN RAGE AND THUNDER ROAR THE TREES DON'T MOVE—THEY'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE THE TREES DON'T MOVE, THE TREES DON'T FALL THEY JUST ROOT DEEPER WHEN THE WINDS CALL EVERY STORM THAT EVER CAME THE TREES DON'T MOVE—THEY REMAIN (Vers 2) I've been through fires, I've been through drought I've been through seasons of fear and doubt They tried to cut me, tried to burn But every single time, I returned Not because I'm stronger than the axe Not because I'm smarter than the facts Because the root was deeper than they knew And every time they cut, I grew The forest taught me how to be Patient in the face of brutality The storm will pass, the axe will rust But the tree that stands is the tree that trusts (Pre-chorus) Storm above, fire below The winds will scream, the winds will blow But the roots remember, the roots know The trees don't move—they just grow (Chorus) THE TREES DON'T MOVE, THE TREES DON'T BREAK THEY JUST STAND TALL FOR THE FOREST'S SAKE STORM CAN RAGE AND THUNDER ROAR THE TREES DON'T MOVE—THEY'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE THE TREES DON'T MOVE, THE TREES DON'T FALL THEY JUST ROOT DEEPER WHEN THE WINDS CALL EVERY STORM THAT EVER CAME THE TREES DON'T MOVE—THEY REMAIN (Bridge — The Forest Wisdom) Look at the forest, look at the trees Standing together through centuries Not competing, just connected Roots intertwined, leaves reflected They don't run from the fire They don't hide from the flood They just send their roots deeper Into the sacred mud The lone tree falls The forest stands Together they weather The shifting sands So I'm not standing alone today The ancestors root me, come what may The ones before, the ones to come We are the forest, we are the sum (Vers 3) So let the storm rage, let it scream I'm rooted deeper than their regime They can shake the branches, tear the leaves But they can't touch what the root believes The tree doesn't fight the wind It bends, it sways, but it never gives in It knows the storm will tire itself out And when it passes, the tree will sprout New leaves from the old scars New life from the broken bars The forest doesn't die—it transforms And every tree becomes a storm Of its own kind, of its own light Standing steady in the darkest night The trees don't move, the trees don't hide The trees just grow—and so do I (Final Chorus — Triumphant) THE TREES DON'T MOVE, THE TREES DON'T BREAK THEY JUST STAND TALL FOR THE FOREST'S SAKE STORM CAN RAGE AND THUNDER ROAR THE TREES DON'T MOVE—THEY'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE THE TREES DON'T MOVE, THE TREES DON'T FALL THEY JUST ROOT DEEPER WHEN THE WINDS CALL EVERY STORM THAT EVER CAME THE TREES DON'T MOVE—THEY REMAIN THE TREES DON'T MOVE! THE TREES DON'T MOVE! THE STORM CAN DO ITS WORST THE TREES DON'T MOVE—THEY'RE ROOTED FIRST! (Outro) Yeah... The storm came. The storm left. And me? I'm still here. Deeper than before. The trees don't move. They just grow. And so do we.