# Poison Tree | Unknower

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# Poison Tree

![Official cover artwork for Ghost Towns](https://unknowermusic.com/images/releases/ghost-towns/ghost-towns-cover.png)

From [Ghost Towns](https://unknowermusic.com/releases/ghost-towns) · Track 13 · 2026

A Ghost Towns song whose supplied lyrics mix care for a family member with fear of passing down harm.

4:23releasedConfidence: mixed

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[Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/track/22kCqx0pNQ7quwkLSMx5UV)[Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/song/poison-tree/6831576954)[Bandcamp](https://unknower.bandcamp.com/track/poison-tree)

Lyrics · artist-supplied

You know that somewhere deep down inside the depths of me  
You were a seed, you grew, who knew you’d be such a beautiful being  
Eventually you’ll learn to sit in the shade of your own leaves  
But your fruit will never fall too far from my tree

So take this as a warning,  
Take this as a warning!  
You’ll never know any peace  
If you take any piece of me  
You might be fruit from the poison tree  
From the poison tree  
‘Cause you came from me

Let all my branches shade you, you won’t see  
How all my roots reach down to underneath  
All the darkest forests where I used to sleep  
I hope you never end up there, ‘cause I never like what I see.

So take this as a warning,  
Take this as a warning!  
You’ll never know any peace  
If you take any piece of me  
You might be fruit from the poison tree  
From the poison tree  
‘Cause you came from me

Please don’t end up like me  
The rot of our family tree  
Please don’t end up like I did  
Got Half Of Something Tainted

Artist context

The artist wanted “Poison Tree” in the later/living-ghost portion of the project and described the dynamic as involving a living family member, with the narrator himself functioning as the ghost.

Working interpretation · analysis

> **Interpretation note:** This is analysis of the supplied lyrics, not an authoritative statement of authorial intent. The living-family-member context above was supplied by the artist.

The seed grows into a “beautiful being,” but the narrator fears that the fruit may carry something harmful from the same tree. Branches offer shade while hidden roots reach into places the narrator hopes the other person never has to see. The repeated warning “if you take any piece of me” makes care and fear of passing on pain inseparable. The final plea not to “end up like me” keeps the possibility of a different life open, without saying whether the family pattern can be broken.

Themes

family, inheritance, care, fear, generational harm

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