The closer she gets to the Laurel tree she can see that it is diseased, suffering from tree rot, small and sickly. There is a small figure sitting under the tree.
"...And I was running far away...Would I run off the world someday?...Nobody knows, nobody knows...And I was dancing in the rain...I felt alive and I can't complain...But now take me home...Take me home where I belong...I can't take it anymore..."