Wood Wide Web

Walk into the forest, silent and so deep Sunlight through the canopy, secrets that they keep You see the bark, you see the leaves, you see the sturdy ground But the biggest story's happening with barely any sound Underneath the moss and stone, a different world's alive Where tiny fungal threads connect, and help the woods to thrive It's the Wood Wide Web, a secret underground Where the roots are all connected, passing messages around Trading sugar, sharing news, a subterranean embrace

The forest is a family, in a hidden, magic place Oh-whoa-oh, the Wood Wide Web Oh-whoa-oh, a living, breathing thread The fungus reaches out its threads, a web of mycelium It links the birch tree to the pine, and this is how it's done The tree takes sun and makes its food, a sugary sweet treat It sends the carbon down below for fungus friends to eat In return, the fungus mines for water and for food Like phosphorus and nitrogen, for the good of all the wood

It's the Wood Wide Web, a secret underground Where the roots are all connected, passing messages around Trading sugar, sharing news, a subterranean embrace The forest is a family, in a hidden, magic place Oh-whoa-oh, the Wood Wide Web Oh-whoa-oh, a living, breathing thread When a beetle pest attacks a tree on the northern ridge The tree sends out a warning through this subterranean bridge A mother tree can feed its young, the saplings in the shade

Sending extra nutrients, a lifeline that she's made It's not just competition, it's a cooperative design A single, breathing entity, all tangled in a line It's the Wood Wide Web, a secret underground Where the roots are all connected, passing messages around Trading sugar, sharing news, a subterranean embrace The forest is a family, in a hidden, magic place Oh-whoa-oh, the Wood Wide Web Oh-whoa-oh, a living, breathing thread