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There's a Vine That Climbs Up High

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr. Listen to the recorded versions and follow the lyric below.

Original Doug Heyes lyrics · AI-generated music & vocals

A climbing vine that appears to die each autumn becomes a way of understanding separation and renewal. Unable to prevent change, the narrator remains in the garden where the lovers first met. The vine's returning life supports his hope that their intertwined bond can endure even through seasons that feel like an ending.

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Recorded versions

2 recordings. Different voices and arrangements bring another side of the song into the light.

Female Vocal · 2:53

There's a Vine That Climbs Up High — Female Vocal — Jangling Alternative Folk-Pop

Jangling Alternative Folk-Pop

Mixed Vocals · 2:56

There's a Vine That Climbs Up High — Mixed Vocals — Dub-Reggae Reinterpretation

Dub-Reggae Reinterpretation

Lyrics

There's a Vine That Climbs Up High

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr

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There's a Vine that climbs up high
Upon the old stone garden wall
It flowers in the Springtime
And dies in early fall
Come the end of Winter
You know, it isn't dead at all
It only has been sleeping
Beside the garden Wall

Just as I remember
There was nothing I could do
The ties that bind were intertwined
When I fell in love with you
Like this wild, old climbing vine
This loneliness is so unkind
Feels like I've been left behind
Somewhere at the end of time

If I can't change the changes
I don't know that I can
Like the winds that turn the pages
Of an ordinary man
I'll be right here in the garden
Like the first time that we met
Take my hand and wander
With me, I will not forget

Now the ties that bind unwind
And all the echoes in your Mind
And all the stars are now aligned
From now until the end of time
Just the way it was designed
My hand in yours, your hand in mine
Two souls forever intertwined
Like this wild, old climbing vine