I laid you down
On the soft green seam
Rain on the roof
Like a low slow dream
Your boots at the door
Your coat half-dry
You said, stay here
So I closed my eyes
And the whole room breathed
Like it knew your name
Mud on the hem
And a clean wild flame
Sphagnum moss bed
Hold us close again
Sphagnum moss bed
Where the hurt grows thin
Sphagnum moss bed
Soft as you said
Sphagnum moss bed
Carry us instead
I found your laugh
In the cedar steam
A jar on the sill
Full of ditch-bank green
Your hand on mine
Like a promised thing
Two tired hearts
In a peatland ring
And the whole room breathed
Like it knew your name
Mud on the hem
And a clean wild flame
Sphagnum moss bed
Hold us close again
Sphagnum moss bed
Where the hurt grows thin
Sphagnum moss bed
Soft as you said
Sphagnum moss bed
Carry us instead
If the frost comes down
We’ll still be warm
Buried alive
In a little green storm
Sphagnum moss bed
Hold us close again
Sphagnum moss bed
Where the hurt grows thin
Sphagnum moss bed
Soft as you said
Sphagnum moss bed
Carry us instead
