Bloom Tonight

[Intro] [clean electric guitar arpeggio with chorus effect, faint wind, distant children’s choir pads] (humming, soft, slightly detuned) mm… mm… mm… ⸻ [Verse 1] [reverberant female vocals] Hush little petals, open, open wide The warm suns tickle, the breezes glide I step and the meadow sighs Roots in the soil where the quiet things hide ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] [high harmonics creep in, subtle dissonance] Don’t be afraid of the soft decay Everything pretty just drifts this way Close your eyes, let the colors stay Longer than they should ⸻ [Chorus] [gentle at first, then slightly layered voices, uncanny harmony] Sleep now, sway slow Feel how the tall things grow Sun down, don’t go Stay where the warm winds blow I’ll sing you soft, I’ll sing you low You won’t need to leave, you won’t need to know Hush now, don’t fight Everything blooms at night ⸻ [Verse 2] [slightly closer vocal, more intimate, less reverb] Soft little footsteps sink in the green Nothing is ever as still as it seems Something is breathing under the leaves (can you feel it?) Calling you closer, sweet as a dream ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] [harmonies slightly more off this time] Don’t look away when the stems all bend They only move when they want a friend Take my hand, let the edges end Right where you stand ⸻ [Chorus] [more layers, a faint warped childlike harmony underneath] Sleep now, sway slow Feel how the tall things grow Sun down, don’t go Stay where the warm winds blow I’ll sing you soft, I’ll sing you low You won’t need to leave, you won’t need to know Hush now, don’t fight Everything blooms at night ⸻ [Bridge] [beat drops out, just guitar + low droning pad, whisper doubles] (whispered) You were never lost… You were planted… (sung, slightly warped) Every step you took was right Led you here into the light Petals close when you resist Open up… it won’t hurt ⸻ [Final Chorus] [fullest version, but still restrained, no explosion] Sleep now, sway slow Feel how the tall things grow Sun down… stay low You don’t have to go I’ll sing you soft, I’ll sing you low There’s nowhere else you need to go Hush now, goodnight Everything blooms… ⸻ [Outro] [guitar detunes slightly, wind rises, distant layered humming] …at night