Verse 1 The spotlight cuts across my skin, Every memory I buried bleeds again. Velvet nights and shattered glass, Every shadow whispers of the past. I learned to smile with a blade in my chest, Turned every confession into a test. Your hand reached out, but I pulled away, Because the closer you get, the more I decay. Pre-Chorus The world thinks love is a holy flame, But I only feel the ash and shame. I curl inside where no one can see, Where the lilies close and bury me. Chorus So I close up my soul, like petals on a lily at night, Folding myself away from the mercy of light. You wanted the bloom, but I gave you the thorn, A garden of secrets where nothing is born. So I close up my soul, and I swallow the sound, The silence becomes my burial ground. Verse 2 I’ve walked through rooms where angels cried, And every mirror told another lie. I wore the leather, the smoke, the fire, But it never drowned my funeral choir. The audience claps, they don’t understand, The blood in my voice, the tremor in my hands. If I gave you my truth, you’d never stay, So I learned how to wilt, then I fade away. Pre-Chorus Every promise tastes of rust, Every touch dissolves to dust. You asked for love, but all I could be, Was a locked-up flower sinking at sea. Chorus So I close up my soul, like petals on a lily at night, Folding myself away from the mercy of light. You wanted the bloom, but I gave you the thorn, A garden of secrets where nothing is born. So I close up my soul, and I swallow the sound, The silence becomes my burial ground. Bridge 1 Neon rivers, midnight skies, Every truth is dressed in lies. You call my name, but I turn to stone, Because I’m safer when I’m alone. The crowd wants fire, but I bleed in cold, The love I withhold is the only control. Hold me tighter, but you’ll never know, The flower I kill so it cannot grow. Guitar Solo (extended) Soaring bends that cry like a voice. Delay-drenched, echoing into infinity. Half mournful, half defiant. Verse 3 I carved my name into cathedral walls, A prayer for mercy no one recalls. I lit the candles, but the wax dripped black, Every flame a vow I couldn’t take back. The choir sang, but the notes were wrong, Every hallelujah turned into a dirge song. So I shut the doors, barred the gates, Chose loneliness over crueler fates. Pre-Chorus The closer you get, the further I hide, I drown my confessions in oceans of pride. You begged for the bloom, but I only decay, I close in tighter, and I drift away. Chorus (soaring, layered vocals) So I close up my soul, like petals on a lily at night, Folding myself away from the mercy of light. You wanted the bloom, but I gave you the thorn, A garden of secrets where nothing is born. So I close up my soul, and I swallow the sound, The silence becomes my burial ground. Bridge 2 (whispered / spoken) In every graveyard of love I’ve known, The lilies bloom, then die alone. No light, no spring, no morning sun, Just ashes and shadows where I run. Final Chorus (crescendo, epic 80s power ballad finish) So I close up my soul, like petals on a lily in pain, Hiding the beauty so only the black remains. You prayed for the morning, but I gave you the fall, A lily in darkness that never bloomed at all. So I close up my soul, and I drown in the night, The flower of sorrow that kills its own light. Outro (fade with guitar + synth pads) The petals close… The silence grows… A lily sleeps forever… And no one knows.
