You can walk the straight and narrow
Let someone else take the fall
Ignore all that surrounds you
Build up your own great wall
But in the silence you develop
there's only one thing you'll hear
It's the sound of your voice bouncing
as it echoes off your fear
Chorus
If a tree falls in the forest
and you can't hear a sound
can you really say it happened
if there's no one else around
Can you discern between the silence
and your heart when it starts to pound
Is there anyone there to help you
when your tree comes tumbling down
I cannot ease your sorrow
I will not stop your pain
No method by which to heal you
as you board your one way train
Your path is your own to walk down
It's a way only you can see
You'll find no one else beside you
as you listen for your tree
Chorus
Copyright ©2006 Russ McRee