Cactus Tree Marissa Nadler

There's a man who's been out sailing
In a decade full of dreams
And he takes her to a schooner
And he treats her like a queen
Bearing beads from California
With their amber stones and green
He has called her from the harbor
He has kissed her with his freedom
He has heard her off to starboard
In the breaking and the breathing of the water weeds

While she was busy being free

There's a man who's climbed a mountain
And he's calling out her name
And he hopes her heart can hear
3,000 miles he calls again
He can think of her there beside him
He can miss her just the same
He has missed her in the forest
While he showed her all of the flowers
And the branches sang the chorus
As he climbed the scaly towers of a forest tree

While she was somewhere being free