[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Something lovely in the churchyard
Growing where the coffins sleep
Petals softer than a prayer
Roots that thread through bones so deep
Every grave becomes a garden
Every headstone wears a crown
Something feeds beneath the lilies
Drinking sorrow from the ground
[Chorus]
I am the bloom on the burial hill
The flower that opens where nothing should grow
I drink from the dark and I blossom still
A garden of everything death couldn't hold
Lay down your dead and I'll make something beautiful
Lay down your bones and I'll give them a name
Every seed needs a grave to remember
And darling I'm already growing again
[Verse 2]
Seven gardens, seven graveyards
Seven names beneath the clay
Touch the earth and watch me shiver
Something wakes with every spade
They buried fields to starve me
Salted soil and sealed the tombs
But I was patient, I was waiting
And the dead make lovely rooms
[Chorus]
I am the bloom on the burial hill
The flower that opens where nothing should grow
I drink from the dark and I blossom still
A garden of everything death couldn't hold
Lay down your dead and I'll make something beautiful
Lay down your bones and I'll give them a name
Every seed needs a grave to remember
And darling I'm already growing again
[Bridge]
You thought the garden was just flowers
You thought the roots were only deep
But look how gently my children are walking
Stitched from the soil where your loved ones sleep
[Outro]
Hush now
Everything blooms in the end
