Lyric

I found your name in moss

Between the cedar lines

A page of silver dust

And all the borrowed time

The path knew my footsteps

The fox kept his old vow

I read the ferned margins

And I am closing now

Fold the map, fold the rain

Let the birch keep its stain

One last glance through the green

Then I leave what I’ve seen

Close the forest book

Softly, close it now

Close the forest book

I know the way out somehow

Close the forest book

Let the lantern rest

The woods may keep their secrets

But I keep the best

Moonlight on the table

A thimble, a thorn, a key

The owl signed my goodbye

In a branch handwriting

I wore the night like satin

I wore the bramble’s ring

Now even the quiet

Has a different ring

Fold the map, fold the rain

Let the birch keep its stain

One last glance through the green

Then I leave what I’ve seen

Close the forest book

Softly, close it now

Close the forest book

I know the way out somehow

Close the forest book

Let the lantern rest

The woods may keep their secrets

But I keep the best

If I return in winter

I’ll come without the spell

Just a woman at the gate

With her own story to tell

No more hidden verses

No more borrowed light

I have learned the doorway

And I bless the night

Close the forest book

Softly, close it now

Close the forest book

I know the way out somehow

Close the forest book

Let the lantern rest

The woods may keep their secrets

But I keep the best