The Maze
Josh Woodward · The Shade from Our Trees
There's a child who never grew old
Who sings to the trees, like nobody can see
With a fire that never went cold
He looks up to the stars, and the moon, and at Mars
And the endless expanse of the sky
Devoid of all doubt, just a question of how
To climb up to the heavens and fly
But time is advancing
A drip, then a flood
He's adrift while you're stuck on the shore
And he sails away to the depths of our brains
And we can't seem to dream anymore
With the passing of days, we get lost in the maze
That we built out of habit and fear
The longer we run, the more lost we become
As the days disappear into years
When we're sleeping in bed, the child in our heads
Is reminding us how to break out
But the moment we wake, it just up and escapes
And we're back to the fear and doubt
But the answer's inside us, it never did leave
We just never believed it before
Well, I'm done with the maze for the rest of my days
I'm not wasting my dreams anymore
No, I'm not wasting my dreams anymore
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Source/Credit: "The Maze" by Josh Woodward, from The Shade from Our Trees.
Lyrics source: https://www.joshwoodward.com/song/TheMaze
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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About The Maze
"The Maze" finds Josh Woodward in a pop-minded frame, where a clear central idea and emotional directness carry the song. The song works best when its main melodic and rhythmic ideas are allowed to speak plainly, without being crowded by unnecessary decoration. There is a welcome sense of proportion in the way the music presents itself: the hook has room to land, while the surrounding moments support it instead of competing for attention. That restraint gives the performance room to breathe and makes the emotional color feel earned rather than imposed. For listeners returning to Josh Woodward, the song offers a compact example of how mood, pacing, and a recognizable point of view can meet in one place. It is a track for focused listening, especially when the details around the main idea begin to reveal their own quiet pull. The clarity of that approach is its own strength, because it lets the feeling come through without turning every moment into a dramatic demand. Even when it aims for immediacy, the track avoids feeling disposable because its atmosphere remains distinct after the final note. Its emotional center stays firmly in view throughout.