Dad I Dug Another Hole!

[Verse 1]
Dad
I dug another hole today
Out by the gum tree
Where the shadows lay
The dirt was soft
The spade sang true
I don’t know why
But it felt like you

[Prechorus]
Red earth clings to my boots and my soul
Every dig leaves me less and whole

[Chorus]
Oh Dad
I dug another hole!
Deep and wide
With no clear goal
Is it for planting
Or for my soul?
Oh Dad
I dug another hole!

[Verse 2]
A magpie laughed
Perched on the wire
The sun sank low
Like an old campfire
I saw your face in the bark of the tree
Or maybe it’s just this hole in me

[Chorus]
Oh Dad
I dug another hole!
Deep and wide
With no clear goal
Is it for planting
Or for my soul?
Oh Dad
I dug another hole!

[Bridge]
I don’t know what I’m digging for
A treasure chest
Or an open door
The earth gives answers
But they come slow
Each shovelful whispers what I don’t know