Here we are in the pre-dawn lamp light
Take it in, breathe it in
Staring into the french broad, clear-eyed
Mmm, listening
Fire flickers and the stars burn brighter
November brushes against my skin
The stillness wraps around me
Like a rhododendron, mmm

Clouds shifting beyond this treeline
Looking out from hallowed ground
The dogwoods are blazing crimson
Glory all around
Smoke is thickening o'er mountain
Wrens scatter as the cold moves in
Underneath the brush
I see a lonely rhododendron, mmm

Here’s where I'll lay my head down
Just like the ones who've come before
Moss be my emerald pillow
When I make my bed on the forest floor

Here’s (here we are in the pre-dawn)
Where I'll lay my head down (lamp light)
Just like the ones (take it in)
Who've come before (breathe it in)
Moss (staring into the french broad)
Be my emerald pillow (clear-eyed)
When I make my bed on the forest floor (mmm, listening)
Here's (here we are in the pre-dawn)
Where I'll lay my head down (lamp light)
Just like the ones (take it in)
Who've come before (breathe it in)
Moss (staring into the french broad)
Be my emerald pillow (clear-eyed)
When I make my bed on the forest floor (mmm, listening)
Here's (like a rhododendron)
Where I'll lay my head down (I'm a rhododendron)
Just like the ones (like a rhododendron)
Who’ve come before (I'm a rhododendron)

Like a rhododendron
I'm a rhododendron
Like a rhododendron
I'm a rhododendron
Like a rhododendron
I'm a rhododendron
Like a rhododendron
I'm a rhododendron

I'm a rhododendron
I'm a rhododendron
I'm a rhododendron
I'm a rhododendron