Hanging Tree - Blackmore's Night

There have been many tales

Tainted by truth twisted by time

Some choose to forget

Yet it still weaves webs in their minds

And it seems like she’s been here forever

Her branches as black as the seas

She’s been through it all by the luck of the draw

She became the old hanging tree

She asked for nothing

Except maybe a little rain

They used her strength

To help them steal lives away

And she witnessed the sadness and sorrow

To this day she still doesn’t know why

And her heart broke when they came with the rope

To declare her the old hanging tree

Life stranger than fiction

Can make you want to cry

Roots could never stop her

From reaching for the sky

Life stranger than fiction

Can make you want to cry

Roots could never stop her

From reaching for the sky

Those years have all past

Lucky for us lucky for her

Now, children play at her feet

And in her arms she cradles birds

And it seems she’s been here forever

These days are the best that she’s seen

Still somewhere in the back

Of her mind

Is the time

She was known as the old hanging tree

Yes, somewhere in the back

Of her mind

Is the time

She was known as the old hanging tree