What the Cicadas Told Me Lyrics

I'm sorry to the trees

That lost their children to the sidewalk

They never got a chance to see the sun

The helicopter blades

That pelt my windshield at the stoplight

I wipe them all away and their journey's done

Do you ever go outside

And fall in love with nature

Has a plant ever

Put you in your place

Has a tree ever spoken to you

Through the clicks of the cicadas

Have you ever caressed a flower's face

The secret to life

Is the dirt and the seeds unfolding

I swear that it's true

It's what the cicadas told me

Do you ever wake up

And just love the smell of garbage

Does it make you hate the human race

Though my nose will bleed

Throughout the summer and the springtime

I don't ever want to leave this place

Do you ever go outside

And curse the world you live in

Does it make you want to run and hide

The loudness of the life outside

Your mind is like the thunder

It comforts you on stormy moonless nights

Do you ever get high

And wander into the forest

Do you sing to the trees

Whose voices complete your chorus

The secret to life

Is all that your hands are holding

I swear that it's true

It's what the cicadas told me