[Intro – Celtic Mist / 6/8] Pink in the air Pink in the street Nobody asked But everyone meets Petals are falling Phones in their hands Look at the blossom— Cherry Blossom Demand ⸻ [Verse 1 – SKA Swing] Nobody needed a flower yesterday Then somebody posted one along the way Ten little hearts Hundred more eyes Suddenly spring is a thing we must buy Picnic sheet Plastic cup “Everybody’s going— better hurry up” I never wanted it Till you wanted it too Funny how desire Learns what to do ⸻ [Pre-Chorus – Jazz Walk] Do I like the blossom? Or the crowd beneath? Do I want the flower? Or the proof of belief? One looks up Ten follow fast And a private little maybe Turns into demand ⸻ [Chorus – Full SKA Brass] Cherry Blossom Demand! Everybody clap your hands If they want it I should want it That’s the rhythm of the land Cherry Blossom Demand! Paint the empty branches grand Plant the crowd Before the flower Then call it market demand Hey! ⸻ [Instrumental A – Celtic Reel] Fiddle takes the melody Tin whistle answers Ska guitar stays on the offbeat Brass gradually copies the fiddle line 1–2–3 / 1–2–3 → suddenly flips to 4/4 SKA ⸻ [Verse 2 – Progressive SKA] Five-star blossom Trending tree “Everyone agrees so it must be for me” Queue round the corner Nobody knows why But nobody wants to be the one walking by Blue grass growing on the other side Paint it greener put a number beside “Ten thousand petals sold today!” Well— Now I want one anyway ⸻ [Break – Spoken Jazz / Bass + Brushes] Need? Want? Want because I need? Need because you want? Want because they say everybody needs what everybody wants? …Nice flower, though. ⸻ [Odd Meter Section – 7/8 Progressive Celtic] One-two-three One-two One-two Follow the feet Follow the eyes One-two-three One-two One-two Borrow desire Call it mine The crowd makes the garden The garden makes the crowd No one chose first But everybody’s proud ⸻ [Chorus 2 – Faster / Brass Counterpoint] Cherry Blossom Demand! Everybody understand What was empty Looks essential When a thousand people stand Cherry Blossom Demand! Artificially unplanned Show me someone else desiring— I will generate demand ⸻ [Jazz Solo – 16 bars] Tenor sax solo over walking upright bass Fiddle interrupts every fourth bar Piano reharmonizes the chorus with altered dominants ⸻ [Bridge – Slow Celtic Waltz] When the petals disappear Will I miss the tree? Or only miss the crowd reminding me? When nobody is watching When nobody approves What remains when borrowed wanting has nothing left to prove? ⸻ [Build – Bodhrán → SKA] One pair of eyes Two pairs of eyes Ten pairs of eyes A thousand— See it Want it Share it Count it See it Want it Share it Count it ⸻ [Final Chorus – 184 BPM] Cherry Blossom Demand! Now the whole damn town will dance We discovered what we wanted After seeing its advance Cherry Blossom Demand! Petals flying, brass band slammed Maybe demand found the blossom— Maybe blossom made demand ⸻ [Outro – Fiddle + Walking Bass] Pink in the air Pink in the street Everybody came so everybody needs Petals fall softly Numbers remain Next year we’ll bloom the demand again Cherry… Blossom… Demand.
