Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Found a shoebox in the attic today
Dust on cardboard, corners worn away
Your handwriting on the side
Black and white memories inside
Mom's smile, so young and free
Before we had to leave
[Chorus]
Grandmother's olive trees still bloom without us there
The roots grow deeper than the years we've been away
Sometimes I think I catch their scent in morning air
But photographs are all we have today
[Verse 2]
Here's the garden where we used to play
Stone walls, warm in summer's rays
Little sister's first steps
On the tiles that father kept
So carefully swept clean
Now just a fading scene
[Chorus]
Grandmother's olive trees still bloom without us there
The roots grow deeper than the years we've been away
Sometimes I think I catch their scent in morning air
But photographs are all we have today
[Bridge]
They say home is where the heart is
But my heart's split in two
Between the life we've built here
And the one we had with you
[Verse 3]
These pictures tell our story still
Through paper thin and fragile film
Of who we used to be
Before we crossed the sea
The life we left behind
Lives on in frozen time
[Chorus]
Grandmother's olive trees still bloom without us there
The roots grow deeper than the years we've been away
Sometimes I think I catch their scent in morning air
But photographs are all we have today