I saw you dancing in a house that’d been abandoned since
The 2008 recession had evicted its-
Previous owner, expansive homestead now forclosure
I know the countryside’s alive

I saw you rising out of sunken fields in state forests
I felt you beam into my heart and fill me up with bliss
Your hair is colored clover, baby nature’s taking over
I know the countryside’s alive

Shifting your sky I know you hear what I say
But please won’t you believe me that it’s not too late
The dark in the daylight, the power of your eyesight
I dreamed we’d walk this land until we die

I heard you playing a song that set my heart ablaze
And I got lost looking for meaning in the music’s maze
The world that you conceive, the cards that you deal me
And I know the countryside’s alive

As we treaded the trails to the peaks
I could hardly breathe let alone fucking speak
I could feel your energy in the air
And I knew you were there
Can you believe the view from up here
I could feel the wind pushing through my hair
And I knew we shouldn’t despair, not yet

I saw you scaling your way into the mountaintops
Climbing up to heaven on prehistoric rocks
Your love is overwhelming, I wish you would tell me
But I know the countryside’s alive

I saw you fall apart in the flowing water
And I wanted to repair you but you said don’t bother
The indifference just kills me, despite how you heal me
But I know the countryside’s alive

As we treaded the trails to the peaks
I could hardly breathe let alone fucking speak
I could feel your energy in the air
And I knew you were there
Can you believe the view from up here
I could feel the wind pushing through my hair
And I knew we shouldn’t despair, not yet

I felt your presence floating
And tumbling down mountainsides
And I saw your blood was flowing
And I knew you must be alive
And I couldn't hide forever
You Must've known that in your mind
And they could obscure your eyesight
But I'll make sure that you don't go blind

If I loved you would you open up your secrets?
Deeper than the ocean, this forest holds so much more than you and I could ever know

And we drove to Appalachia
With plenty of places to hide
And we ran across the mountains
Where acid would rain from the sky
And at the end of the day, we'd lay
To look at the stars shining bright
And we drove to Appalachia
Wondering what we would find