Sending Spring upon a Branch

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

High branches lift their flowers above the crisp, cold sky

Night fragrance drifts from farther away

I want to break off a little newly awakened white

Write you a letter on behalf of this long winter

[Pre-Chorus]

Mountains and rivers divide the postal route again and again

Yet the flowers refuse to wait until we are all at ease

[Chorus]

Send a branch of spring that has yet to reach you

Let the faraway know I am still waiting in earnest

Even if all the petals quietly fall along the way

That wisp of fragrance will still recognize your door

Send a branch of spring that has yet to reach you

May you feel a little warmth in your heart when you look up

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 2]

The color of frost polishes the horizon bright

My letter still waits on a shore with no address

I don't want goodwill to end in nothing but regret

Then send wishes of care to the hurried people before me too

[Pre-Chorus]

Mountains and rivers divide the postal route again and again

Yet the flowers refuse to wait until we are all at ease

[Chorus]

Send a branch of spring that has yet to reach you

Let the faraway know I am still waiting in earnest

Even if all the petals quietly fall along the way

That wisp of fragrance will still recognize your door

Send a branch of spring that has yet to reach you

May you feel a little warmth in your heart when you look up

[Bridge]

Longing need not wait for arrival to have meaning

The outstretched hand has already shortened the distance

When another flowering branch awakens before your window

Then we will meet within the same spring

[Final Chorus]

Send a branch of spring that has yet to reach you

Let the faraway know I am still waiting in earnest

Even if all the petals quietly fall along the way

That wisp of fragrance will still recognize your door

Send a branch of spring that has yet to reach you

May you feel a little warmth in your heart when you look up

[Outro]

Please listen to that softly spoken reminder in the wind

It carries the flowers' fragrance and my heart as well