In dry ground [To X3NDRAKAN]
/// Music intended for X3NDRAKAN for a cover collaboration /// [Intro] [Verse 1] They forgot my name in the heat, Left me cracked beneath their feet, No water spared, no hands to stay, Just dust where promises decay. They said wait, they said endure, Said dry land makes the strong secure, But roots don’t dream of being tough, They dream of rain — they dream of enough. [Pre-Chorus] If I bend, it’s not defeat, If I break, it’s underneath, You don’t hear the ground that cries Until the silence multiplies. [Chorus – powerful, anthem-like] I grow in dry ground, unclaimed, alone, No one fed me, still I rose, Call me fragile, call me done, I will bloom before I’m gone. I grow in dry ground, scarred and bare, No one cared — I stayed aware, If this is all I’m allowed to be, Then watch me flower in history. [Verse 2] They drew their borders in the sand, Said this is yours, this is our land, But thirst ignores your flags and lines, It kills in peace, it kills in time. They took the water, sold the sky, Called it order, called it right, I learned to drink from broken stone, To stand as one — when left alone. [Pre-Chorus 2] If I fall, remember this: Nothing lived the way I did, I wasn’t saved, I wasn’t crowned, I learned to breathe in hostile ground. [Chorus – reprise, plus large] I grow in dry ground, unclaimed, alone, No one fed me, still I rose, Say my life was overrun, I will bloom before I’m gone. I grow in dry ground, hear my name, Call it flower, call it flame, I don’t need rain to justify Why I chose to touch the sky. [Bridge – breakdown, tension] If I’m a plant, I had no choice, If I’m a land, I had no voice, But something lived inside this dust That never learned to beg for trust. [Final Chorus – full power] I grow in dry ground — look at me, Unwatered truth, feral and free, You let me starve, you let me die, I gave you color in reply. I grow in dry ground, last and loud, No roots in peace, no head bowed, If this is how my story ends, I bloomed — against the hands of men. [Outro – stripped] No rain came. Still — I bloomed.
