[Verse 1 - sparse acoustic grey tones] Another morning of endless grey tones Tall buildings lean in like tombstones No colour left except the traffic signs Just numbered streets and gridded power lines They paved it flat and called it growth Drew boundaries where rivers flowed I'm urbanized and neutralized and grey Just a blueprint of who I'm supposed to portray [Chorus - explosive lush orchestral bloom] But there's a dandelion tearing through the curb! A brushstroke painting worlds they tried to deter Vines are climbing up the street light poles And suddenly I'm finding what they stole (oh! oh! OH!) The forest I was born to see The ocean breaking through conformity One crack becomes a canyon bursting free The wildest things reclaim the city and me! [Verse 2 - dry minimal urban percussion] They zoned my heart for commercial use Poured asphalt over every truth Can't put down roots beneath the weight Of productivity, owing rent and being late But in the margins something's growing still A seed of defiance they couldn't kill The wilderness they buried when I was a kid It can't be stopped, it won't be hid! [Chorus - soaring wide harmony layers] 'Cause there's a dandelion tearing through the curb A brushstroke painting worlds they tried to deter Vines are climbing up the street light poles And suddenly I'm finding what they stole (oh! oh! OH!) The forest I was born to see The ocean breaking through conformity One crack becomes a canyon bursting free The wildest things reclaim the city and me [Bridge - solo vocal cathedral space] I am the empty lot refusing to stay bare The abandoned rail line leading everywhere They built their walls but couldn't kill the seed The part of me that still knows how to breathe [Build - gradual strings and percussion crescendo] Let the vines reclaim my architecture Let the deer run through my infrastructure Every rule I learned is crumbling down As wildflowers push through this company town [Final Chorus - full instrumentation explosive dynamics] Now every dandelion tears the pavement wide! A brushstroke revolution I won't hide The wilderness is claiming what they paved The people and the city get saved (oh! oh! OH!) The forest wasn't buried, just contained The ocean's flooding every careful lane One crack becomes an earthquake blooming free The wild reclaims the land and me [Outro - gentle acoustic with nature sounds] Another morning walking through the grey But now I feel the green is my way A single seed is all it takes to start The rewilding of a cityscape and heart [END]
