Mishale's Garden

[Verse 1 — Vocal — SMOOTH — GROOVY — riding the OFFBEAT — the Caribbean cadence MORE PROMINENT — the STORY]

MISHALE planted a garden in the YARD behind the house we RENTED,
Mishale — DEMENTED — she was BEAUTIFULLY demented — the ROSES in DECEMBER,
Mishale — I REMEMBER
the kneeling — the SOIL — the gloves with the FLOWERS on the gloves — flowers ON flowers,
Mishale — the HOURS
she spent in the DIRT — the beautiful DIRT — the dirt that GREW the things that BLOOM,
Mishale's GARDEN — the garden — was — the — ROOM — where — Mishale — was — MOST — ALIVE.

[Pre-Chorus — BUILD — the pad SWELLS — the drums GROW — the SOUL rises]

And the GARDEN — (ooh) — the garden's still GROWING — (ooh) —
but Mishale's not HERE — and the KNOWING — (ooh) —
the knowing that the FLOWERS don't know she's GONE —

[Chorus — FULL — the reggae and the pop FUSED — the HOOK — the voice SOARING over the groove — cinematic strings ENTERING]

MISHALE'S GARDEN — the garden doesn't know you LEFT,
Mishale's GARDEN — the roses — the BEREFT
roses that BLOOM for a woman who isn't HERE to see the BLOOM,
MISHALE'S GARDEN — the garden is the ROOM — (ooh yeah) —
the room where the LOVE still GROWS — the room — where — NOBODY — GOES — anymore.

[Verse 2 — the GARDEN continuing — the IRONY — the things that grow AFTER the leaving]

The TOMATOES came in AUGUST — the tomatoes didn't KNOW,
the tomatoes — the RED — the ridiculous SHOW
of the growing WITHOUT permission — the garden growing WITHOUT Mishale,
the garden — the TALE
of the AUTONOMOUS love — the love that doesn't NEED the lover to keep GROWING,
the garden — the SHOWING
of the DEFIANCE — the roses DEFIED the leaving — the roses said "we'll BLOOM for no one,"
Mishale's garden — the GARDEN — said — "I'm — NOT — DONE."

[Chorus 2 — BIGGER — the groove DEEPER — the strings FULLER — the voice HIGHER]

MISHALE'S GARDEN — (Mishale!) — the garden GROWS without the HAND,
Mishale's GARDEN — (Mishale!) — the garden doesn't UNDERSTAND
the leaving — the garden only KNOWS the sun and the RAIN and the SOIL,
MISHALE'S GARDEN — the TOIL — (ooh yeah) —
of the GROWING — the growing is the LOYALTY — the — DEEPEST — LOYALTY — I've — SEEN.

[Bridge — STRIPPED — reggae guitar ALONE — and voice — the INTIMATE — the CONFESSION — the groove STRIPPED to its ESSENCE]

[Vocal — SMOOTH — EXPOSED:] I WATER the garden. Every morning. I water MISHALE'S garden. I don't GARDEN — I don't know ROSES from DAISIES — I don't know SOIL from DIRT — but I WATER. I water because the STOPPING of the watering would be the LAST goodbye. And I'm not READY — I'm not ready for the LAST. So I WATER. The HOSE. The morning. The SUN on the ROSES. The roses that Mishale PLANTED. The roses that DON'T KNOW she's gone. The roses — and ME — the roses and me — we — PRETEND — she's — COMING — BACK.

[Instrumental — Reggae guitar — bass — congas — and a SINGLE FLUTE — the ISLAND — the garden — the MORNING — 8 bars — the WARMTH — the sun — the WATER — the roses]

[Final Chorus — EVERYTHING — the FULL BLEND — island + cathedral — the HIGHEST note — the falsetto TOUCHING — the MOST COMPLETE sound]

MISHALE'S GARDEN — (MISHALE!) — the garden is the LOVE that WON'T STOP,
Mishale's GARDEN — (MISHALE!) — the roses at the TOP
of the BLOOMING — the blooming for NO ONE — the blooming for the SKY,
MISHALE'S GARDEN — I'll WATER till I DIE — (ooh yeah) —
I'll water till the LAST rose FALLS — I'll water — EVERY — MORNING — till — Mishale — CALLS.

[Outro — Reggae guitar — the GROOVE — the offbeat — CONTINUING — the congas — the bass — the ambient pad — the BLEND — the voice — "Mishale... Mishale..." — floating — the garden — the roses — STILL BLOOMING — the morning — the hose — the watering — the PRETENDING — fading — the garden — GROWING — always GROWING — done — but the garden — NEVER done]

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[Intro — Reggae offbeat guitar — Bbm — CLEAN — CHOPPY — the ISLAND — the groove — 126 BPM — 4 bars — then bass — DEEP — reggae bass — MELODIC — the WEIGHT — then drums — LIVE — with electronic LAYER — then congas — the WARMTH — 4 bars — then ambient pad — ENTERING — the CATHEDRAL over the ISLAND — the BLEND — 4 bars — the GROOVE established — the BODY moves] [Verse 1 — Vocal — SMOOTH — GROOVY — riding the OFFBEAT — the Caribbean cadence MORE PROMINENT — the STORY] MISHALE planted a garden in the YARD behind the house we RENTED, Mishale — DEMENTED — she was BEAUTIFULLY demented — the ROSES in DECEMBER, Mishale — I REMEMBER the kneeling — the SOIL — the gloves with the FLOWERS on the gloves — flowers ON flowers, Mishale — the HOURS she spent in the DIRT — the beautiful DIRT — the dirt that GREW the things that BLOOM, Mishale's GARDEN — the garden — was — the — ROOM — where — Mishale — was — MOST — ALIVE. [Pre-Chorus — BUILD — the pad SWELLS — the drums GROW — the SOUL rises] And the GARDEN — (ooh) — the garden's still GROWING — (ooh) — but Mishale's not HERE — and the KNOWING — (ooh) — the knowing that the FLOWERS don't know she's GONE — [Chorus — FULL — the reggae and the pop FUSED — the HOOK — the voice SOARING over the groove — cinematic strings ENTERING] MISHALE'S GARDEN — the garden doesn't know you LEFT, Mishale's GARDEN — the roses — the BEREFT roses that BLOOM for a woman who isn't HERE to see the BLOOM, MISHALE'S GARDEN — the garden is the ROOM — (ooh yeah) — the room where the LOVE still GROWS — the room — where — NOBODY — GOES — anymore. [Verse 2 — the GARDEN continuing — the IRONY — the things that grow AFTER the leaving] The TOMATOES came in AUGUST — the tomatoes didn't KNOW, the tomatoes — the RED — the ridiculous SHOW of the growing WITHOUT permission — the garden growing WITHOUT Mishale, the garden — the TALE of the AUTONOMOUS love — the love that doesn't NEED the lover to keep GROWING, the garden — the SHOWING of the DEFIANCE — the roses DEFIED the leaving — the roses said "we'll BLOOM for no one," Mishale's garden — the GARDEN — said — "I'm — NOT — DONE." [Chorus 2 — BIGGER — the groove DEEPER — the strings FULLER — the voice HIGHER] MISHALE'S GARDEN — (Mishale!) — the garden GROWS without the HAND, Mishale's GARDEN — (Mishale!) — the garden doesn't UNDERSTAND the leaving — the garden only KNOWS the sun and the RAIN and the SOIL, MISHALE'S GARDEN — the TOIL — (ooh yeah) — of the GROWING — the growing is the LOYALTY — the — DEEPEST — LOYALTY — I've — SEEN. [Bridge — STRIPPED — reggae guitar ALONE — and voice — the INTIMATE — the CONFESSION — the groove STRIPPED to its ESSENCE] [Vocal — SMOOTH — EXPOSED:] I WATER the garden. Every morning. I water MISHALE'S garden. I don't GARDEN — I don't know ROSES from DAISIES — I don't know SOIL from DIRT — but I WATER. I water because the STOPPING of the watering would be the LAST goodbye. And I'm not READY — I'm not ready for the LAST. So I WATER. The HOSE. The morning. The SUN on the ROSES. The roses that Mishale PLANTED. The roses that DON'T KNOW she's gone. The roses — and ME — the roses and me — we — PRETEND — she's — COMING — BACK. [Instrumental — Reggae guitar — bass — congas — and a SINGLE FLUTE — the ISLAND — the garden — the MORNING — 8 bars — the WARMTH — the sun — the WATER — the roses] [Final Chorus — EVERYTHING — the FULL BLEND — island + cathedral — the HIGHEST note — the falsetto TOUCHING — the MOST COMPLETE sound] MISHALE'S GARDEN — (MISHALE!) — the garden is the LOVE that WON'T STOP, Mishale's GARDEN — (MISHALE!) — the roses at the TOP of the BLOOMING — the blooming for NO ONE — the blooming for the SKY, MISHALE'S GARDEN — I'll WATER till I DIE — (ooh yeah) — I'll water till the LAST rose FALLS — I'll water — EVERY — MORNING — till — Mishale — CALLS. [Outro — Reggae guitar — the GROOVE — the offbeat — CONTINUING — the congas — the bass — the ambient pad — the BLEND — the voice — "Mishale... Mishale..." — floating — the garden — the roses — STILL BLOOMING — the morning — the hose — the watering — the PRETENDING — fading — the garden — GROWING — always GROWING — done — but the garden — NEVER done]

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