Daphne from Spontaneous Mutation by Halley Elwell

When I’m very very quiet
I get very very smart
I’ve been followed by a hunter
Says they mean no harm

The grass grows beyond my ankles
My feet are wet with dew
My legs are tired from this chase and
My heart screams, you better move
And soon…

I’m overtaken by the wild
That I forgot
My body knows something
That my mind does not
And when there’s nowhere else to flee
Well then bury my feet ankle deep
And call me Daphne (wild)
Well call me Daphne (wild)

Imagine if I was the scenery
A bit of shade on a hot day
Nobody’s source of curiosity
Imagine not being afraid

The ground’s been talkin’ beneath me
Kicking up these memories
Well I thought I had lost her
But she was just waiting

For the wild, that I forgot
My body knows something
That my mind does not
And when there’s nowhere else to flee
Well then bury my feet ankle deep
And call me Daphne (wild)
Call me Daphne (wild)

I can be the roots
I can be the branches
I can be the roots
I can be the branches

For the wild that I forgot
My body knows something
That my mind does not
And when there’s nowhere else to flee
Well then bury my feet ankle deep
And call me Daphne (wild)
Wild. Wild.

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