[Intro] [soft piano melody, koto plucking] [Verse 1] [female vocals, whispered] The trees of cherry are in bloom There is a wolf under the tree of cherry blossom [piano chords, koto flourishes] [Verse 2] [female vocals] Under rose petals flying in the wind While I was wondering in my eyes As the moon is getting high I feel the calm of the world that holds me down But if I go down [bass enters] I build myself up And feel the calm of the petals in the wind [Chorus] [full band enters, driving drums, soaring strings] The wolf under sakura trees laying low Howling still as the soft winds blow But if I go down I build myself up In the hush of the blossoms I'll never stop Feel the calm of the petals in the wind I'll lose myself then find me again [Instrumental Break] [uptempo koto solo, syncopated drum beat, violin counter-melody] [Verse 3] [male vocals] As the moonlight hits the bloom of cherry trees A pink light glows in every direction Where the wolf pack hides as they come together to lay under the sakura tree But if we go down [female vocals join in harmony] We build us up again And feel the calm of the petals in the wind [Chorus] [full orchestral arrangement, heavy percussion] The wolf under sakura trees laying low Howling still as the soft winds blow But if we go down we build us up again In the hush of the blossoms we'll never stop Feel the calm of the petals in the wind We'll lose ourselves then find us again [Bridge] [drums and bass drop out, solo piano and strings] We lay under trees of pink and white Till the petals are gone And the moonlight turns to sunlight and we hunt again [Chorus] [crescendo, full band and strings] The wolf under sakura trees laying low Howling still though the night runs cold But if we go down we build us up From the roots to the sky we rise enough Feel the calm of the petals in the wind No longer lost we know who we've been Through the fall, through the breaking of us We stand reborn under sakura trees [Outro] [tempo slows, strings fade] Petals fall, we let them go No more running from the cold In the quiet we finally see What was lost still lives in us No more howls into the night We've made peace with every fight Under skies of fading dreams We rest beneath the sakura trees [piano and koto fade to silence]
