[INTRO — FINGERPICKED ACOUSTIC GUITAR ONLY] [Close, warm and unhurried.] [Let the guitar establish a simple repeating pattern.] [Female vocal enters softly, almost as if singing to herself.] [VERSE 1] Ah, sunflower, weary of time Counting the steps of the wandering sun Turning your face as the daylight moves Always believing there's somewhere to run Morning finds you reaching east Evening bends you west All your life you've followed light Never asking it to rest [REFRAIN — SIMPLE AND MEMORABLE] [Keep the arrangement almost completely acoustic.] [Vocal rises only slightly.] Keep turning toward the light Even when you cannot see Maybe what you're reaching for Is reaching back for thee Keep turning toward the light Through every setting sun There may be a place ahead Where the traveler's journey is done [VERSE 2] We spend our days like little roads Trying to learn where each one goes Some chase a name, some chase a dream Some just need to know That all these miles are leading home That none of them were lost That every love we carried here Was worth whatever cost [SHORT GUITAR INTERLUDE] [Let several fingerpicked phrases breathe.] [No vocal embellishment.] [VERSE 3] Blake dreamed of youth grown pale with desire And souls that longed to rise Maybe every heart has known That hunger for another sky Maybe that's why flowers turn Maybe that's why we do too Something somewhere calls us on Toward something good and true [REFRAIN — CELLO ENTERS VERY SOFTLY] [Cello stays simple and low.] [Vocal becomes warmer, not louder.] Keep turning toward the light Even when you cannot see Maybe what you're reaching for Is reaching back for thee Keep turning toward the light Through every setting sun There may be a place ahead Where the traveler's journey is done [BRIDGE — NEAR WHISPER] [Return to guitar and vocal only.] [Slow the emotional pace.] [Leave silence after each short phrase.] And if I'm weary of the years If I have followed all I know If the sun sinks out of sight And I don't know where to go Maybe darkness isn't proof That the light has gone away Maybe night is just the road That carries us to day [INSTRUMENTAL BREATH] [Hold silence briefly.] [Soft harmonium enters almost imperceptibly.] [Cello answers the guitar from one side of the stereo field.] [FINAL REFRAIN — QUIETLY HOPEFUL] [Do not turn this into a power-ballad climax.] [Add a soft harmony vocal only on selected final words.] Keep turning toward the light Even when you cannot see Maybe what you're reaching for Is reaching back for thee Keep turning toward the light Through every setting sun Maybe there is somewhere still Where the traveler's journey is done [FINAL VERSE — RETURN TO INTIMACY] [Cello and harmonium gradually disappear.] Ah, sunflower, weary of time Tomorrow you'll turn again Not because you know what's there But because the light has always been your friend [ENDING] [Female vocal ends completely.] [Fingerpicked guitar repeats the opening figure alone.] [Allow string and finger noise to remain natural.] [End on a soft unresolved chord that gently resolves after a pause.]
