[Female contralto, unhurried, heartfelt, fingerpicked guitar, fiddle and cello, upright bass, sparse percussion; earthy yet celestial, gently quirky and haunting, simple wandering melody, warm humming, quiet homecoming, quietly epic] [Intro Refrain] if I could give you forty-seven heart symbols.. your lovely haiku [Verse 1] forty-seven drops of rain splash a silent stone through all the windblown eons grains of forever [Brief Instrumental Interlude — soft felt piano, low cello] [Verse 2] a crow drops a walnut shell to test gravity I imagined leaping high sometimes high is low so I finally sat down and the world rose up [Chorus] to impossible cliff tops wings ride the wild wind turns out falling and flying look the same, at first [Verse 3] in my darkness-clad bedroom I am the night sky yet my bones sink in the sheets heavy as a star being has no weight, no depth only gravity [Brief Vocal Hum Interlude — low wordless hum, cello answering] [Verse 4] the pear lets go of the branch hummingbird hovers bright among narrow vases a red-orange banquet three little helicopters refuel with light [Chorus] to impossible cliff tops wings ride the wild wind turns out falling and flying look the same, at first [Verse 5] fireflies can’t help dancing while waiting their turn fireflies flash yes and no mostly yes tonight [Verse 6] firefly Morse code is always a helpful scout skill blink by blink the message comes forty-seven times [Vocal Hum Interlude — wordless, unhurried; sparse piano and wandering cello, let it breathe] [Outro] forty-seven times I will swim the night and back your lovely haiku [Single lingering cello note — fade into silence] ❤️ ———————————— Lyrics © Laura Gimby & Mario Caoile
