[00:19.35]Mother of the spring
[00:22.70]Her branches cradle slipping
[00:24.65]Buds, yawning open
[00:28.76]Welcome by an aging man
[00:34.41]He greets them fondly
[00:43.70]With memories of when
[00:46.53]Her bows were arms that held him as a younger man
[00:52.68]Together, they would marvel at
[00:58.64]The birth of springtime
[01:07.75]Now he stands beneath the apple blossoms
[01:13.26]Every year where they used to go walking
[01:21.24]And he tells
[01:22.40]Her about the summer and the autumn
[01:26.33]The winter in his heart
[01:28.57]And their apple blossoms
[01:39.40]In summer they would dream
[01:42.50]Of being three and smile
[01:45.13]Imagining how round
[01:47.66]As the apples on the ground
[01:52.29]That fall, they loved and waited
[02:03.96]But winter came too soon
[02:06.92]Before their seed could bloom
[02:09.69]She wilted from the chill
[02:12.60]And all felt cold and still
[02:29.50]Now he stands beneath the apple blossoms
[02:34.41]Every year where they use to go walking
[02:42.53]And he tells
[02:44.50]Her about the summer and the autumn
[02:47.71]The winter in his heart
[02:49.83]And their apple blossoms
[03:00.74]As he opened the earth to receive her
[03:05.22]He prayed heaven would be waiting to meet her
[03:09.93]He kisses her cold cheek goodbye,
[03:14.45]But he couldn't surrender the hope they had sired
[03:19.87]So in her fallen hands he placed a seed from their favorite tree
[03:28.88]And he laid her to rest beneath the blanket of whiteTil
[03:34.84]They'd meet again in the springtime
[03:50.76]Now he stands beneath the apple blossoms
[03:56.23]Every year where they used to go walking
[04:01.68]Walking
[04:09.15]And from above she's always watching
[04:15.21]But her body lies beneath the apple blossoms
[04:24.83]Apple blossoms
[04:31.51]Blossom.Blossom.Blossom
[04:44.51]Mother of the Springher branches cradle slipping budsSlowly, unopen
[04:54.20]Welcome, by an aging man'He greets them fondly.Fondly
[05:17.49]Her branches cradle slipping buds