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davide tommaso ferrando - the trees rose up in the sky lyrics

well i walked through the shadows of old isola’s grace
where the bricks held the stories time couldn’t erase
there stood the stecca, humble and worn
a shelter for makers, for souls battle+torn
but the wind of progress don’t ask where it’s been—
it just knocks down the past with a polite little grin

oh the trees rose up in the sky
in towers where the hawks now fly
but roots don’t grow in mid+air, my friend
they grow where the calloused hands bеnd
and the songs of the stecca still cry
whilе the trees rose up in the sky

they came with their sketches, their visions and plans
said, “we’re greening the future, just give us your land.”
the hammers rang out like a funeral bell
and the artisans’ haven, it quietly fell
“it’s vertical forests,” the headlines all screamed—
but nothing’s so green as a memory dreamed

oh the trees rose up in the sky
high above where the dust used to lie
they planted them deep in cement and steel
where no barefoot child would ever feel
and the soul of the stecca asks why
while the trees rose up in the sky
some call it progress, some call it a sin
to pave over the stories with a glassy new skin
but the ghosts of the craftsmen still whisper at night
through corridors bathed in designer light

now the towers shimmer in the milanese dawn
with gardens aloft and the old voices gone
but i still remember that rugged old hall
where each dusty corner had heard someone call
and though leaves may flutter from balconies high
you can’t build a forest where the roots can’t lie

yes, the trees rose up in the sky
like a promise too polished to pry
but beneath all the carbon and green pr
lies a scar where the people once are
and the stecca still sings a goodbye
while the trees rose up in the sky

- davide tommaso ferrando lyrics

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