You burned down the orphanage and poisoned your mother And the flames, they were seen for miles and miles And the soles of your shoes could not carry it forward And you star you stared, and stood and smiled And you thought about all that had troubled you lately And it rose as smoke from the burning ground And you spoke through your teeth as you turned to walk from it And God help me how I miss it all now And never will I find anything that will bind me to all that I knew Until I find out I will bury my heart Beneath the dirt, the soil, and the roots So you buried your heart beneath the dirt and the roots And you ran so fast, you ran so far And you turned to see birds peck the meat from the soil And they flew so fast and they flew so far And you thought about all that had troubled you lately And it rose as smoke from the burning ground And you spoke through your teeth as you turned to walk from it And God help me how I miss it all now And never will I find anything that will bind me to all that I knew Until I find out I will bury my heart beneath the dirt, And the soil And the roots