Lyrics
Hey, it's me. Sorry it's late.
The sword fern on your porch is bolting to seed.
I know you hate when they do that, you call it giving up.
Cold seeps in through the window-frame seal, and I've been thinking too much, I think.
[Chorus]
What do you do with the winter garden?
The soil's gone cold and the roots are starting to harden.
Do you tear it all out, or do you let the frost win?
Just wait for the thaw and try to begin again?
[Verse 2]
I guess I should just say it. I saw him.
Last Wednesday at the nursery on Holly Street.
He was buying companion plants for a bed that isn't yours.
I hid behind the rhododendrons and stared at my feet.
[Chorus]
What do you do with the winter garden?
The soil's gone cold and the roots are starting to harden.
Do you tear it all out, or do you let the frost win?
Just wait for the thaw and try to begin again?
[Bridge]
All that work we did, sanding down your floors...
The dust still gets in my throat sometimes.
(spoken, hushed)
"It doesn't matter, she never checks," he said.
To the girl buying lavender with his card instead.
[Outro]
Anyway. I... just call me when you get this.
Okay? Bye.
About Ava Solway
Ava Solway was raised in the shadow of her father’s Seattle recording studio, a place of technical perfection where music felt more like a science. She rebelled by studying botany, finding her own voice in the quiet, wild ecosystems of the San Juan Islands. Years later, her father, a renowned session guitarist, could no longer play and sent her his prized 1968 Martin guitar. These songs are what…
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