XL Recordings - Swing Tree lyrics

[Chorus] If I was a boy at sea I would be swinging from a broken tree I would be down on my back looking up at stars at night And if I could get back to reach, to reach the saltiest of evergreens You know that I would turn back just to fight the whites of iron eyes [Verse 1 - Rostam] When I hear that wind and I think of Spring Underneath an open window a carved out sign and Often I would fight with my mind [Verse 1 - Wes] Saltwater brine where you hung your crown When you washed your eyes in last night's tea I thought you might come out from the dream to find that [Chorus] [Verse 1 - Rostam] Underneath the pine grew a patch of thyme That I burned for six days in the sun 'til I heard the distant sound of drums [Verse 1 - Wes] Oh the queen had come and the King had died And my forehead burned but I closed my eyes And my forehead burned but I closed my eyes [Chorus x3] [Background lyrics during second and third Chorus - Rostam] Before I go I've got to run, down the street to the market cove where I could Find six seeds to bring back to the yard and plant underneath the birch tree No white skies or red sunlight In the saltwater brine My forehead burned but I closed my eyes Whoa. Now you've got to go [Variations on Chorus]