Withering Rose

Atmospheric emo ballad with female vocals over airy pads, distant piano, and haunting violin swells, Deep sub-bass pulses in the chorus; verses stay sparse and intimate, then bloom into powerful, layered hooks with distorted synth textures and rich reverb tails, Emotion arcs from fragile melancholy to fierce resilience, emo, light, violin, deep, female vocals

[Verse 1] Left in the corner Dust on the water glass Petals on the table Like pieces of the past Everyone’s leaving You’re still here Somehow Color in the shadows Cracked but holding out [Chorus] Like a withering rose You’re still breathing Still bleeding color into the grey On the edge of gone But not leaving You turn the ruin into a blaze Tiny spark in a heavy storm You bend You break But you stay warm Like a withering rose You’re still breathing [Verse 2] Rain through the ceiling Drips in a steady line You stand in the silence Guarding a fragile light All of the aching Pinned in your fragile stem World keeps on caving You keep rising again [Chorus] Like a withering rose You’re still breathing Still bleeding color into the grey On the edge of gone But not leaving You turn the ruin into a blaze Tiny spark in a heavy storm You bend You break But you stay warm Like a withering rose You’re still breathing [Bridge] Every thorn Every tear Is a map of the years (oh) You were never just breakable You were brutal Beautiful [Chorus] Like a withering rose You’re still breathing Still bleeding color into the grey On the edge of gone But not leaving You turn the ruin into a blaze Tiny spark in a heavy storm You bend You break But you stay warm Like a withering rose You’re still breathing (still breathing) Like a withering rose You’re still here

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