Daylight's collapsing around Us as we grow up from the ground Waking continue the climb To the sun as long as it shines We're the trees Yeah, we're the trees From our roots all the way to our leaves And we don't even know what we're growing for Up by the balcony where The air connects your neck to your hair You stand like a tree with your roots Buried in your new tennis shoes We're the trees Yeah, we're the trees From our heads all the way through our knees And we don't even know what we're growing for