Still the Hero (A Thousand Leaves)

The woods still smelled of summer rain, one breath,
And I was ten again.
The green of home just fills my soul and makes my happy heart feel whole.
Funny what the heart holds on to, funny what it lets go by.
You remember rainy days, I remember summer skies.
You say you should have done way more; I don't know what you're looking for.
Every time I close my eyes,
You're still the hero in my life.
Morning gathered in the pines,
Birds were singing out of time.
Every leaf held drops of light,
Like tiny stars in broad daylight.
I thought beauty lives somewhere new,
Somewhere far beyond this view.
Now these woods keep telling me it always lived right here,