[Intro] (marimba pluck fades into guitar fingerpicking, low pad underneath) [Verse 1] Nobody claps for a seed in the dark Nobody films the years it takes to start You want the bloom, you want the story fast But the tree don't apologize for being asked to last [Pre-Chorus] (piano enters, groove building underneath) I stopped explaining why I'm still here I let the silence do the growing, year by year [Chorus] (full drop — marimba, guitar, and deep house groove combined) Give it seasons, not a verdict Give it drought before the flood Roots don't rush to prove they're growing They just grow beneath the mud You won't see it, you won't hear it But it's holding up the tree Call it stubborn, call it patient Call it everything in me [Verse 2] I've been the road that led me nowhere good I've been the fire that didn't last like fire should I followed rivers just to learn to bend Wore a stranger's skin until it called me friend [Pre-Chorus] And every version left a ring inside Like a trunk remembers every year it tried [Chorus] Give it seasons, not a verdict Give it drought before the flood Roots don't rush to prove they're growing They just grow beneath the mud You won't see it, you won't hear it But it's holding up the tree Call it stubborn, call it patient Call it everything in me [Bridge] (strip to solo piano and marimba, half-time, spoken-sung delivery) They said start over, I said I never stopped They said move faster, I said the fruit gets bitter picked too soon Gold don't rush a sunset And I don't owe you bloom I owe the ground beneath me Every quiet thing I do [Final Chorus] (full band, key change, all textures layered — marimba, guitar, piano, deep house groove) Give it seasons, not a verdict Give it everything I've grown Roots don't rush to prove they're growing Now the branches feel like home You didn't see it, didn't hear it But it's holding up the tree Call it stubborn, call it patient Call it everything in me Everything in me [Outro] (marimba and guitar trade the melody, fading into silence)
