Cotton Petals from MIDNIGHT DRAPE by MIDNIGHT DRAPE

Verse 1
I climbed the highest mountain,
I went down the deepest valley,
I invent flocks in open air,
Cotton petals falling softly.
Silence deepens me,
Holds me close,
And takes my hand.
Pre-Chorus
The earth speaks to me of you,
Don’t let me fall, don’t let me fall.
Chorus
The earth speaks to me of you,
In everything I do.
The earth speaks to me of you,
In all I lose, in all I choose.
The earth speaks to me of you,
Stay with me, stay true.
Verse 2
I keep your smile in my pocket,
You keep my dreams before you leave,
I keep your breath inside my chest,
Flowering hands slow what I feel.
Pre-Chorus
Time unfolds in quiet bloom,
The earth speaks to me of you.
Chorus
The earth speaks to me of you,
In everything I do.
The earth speaks to me of you,
In all I lose, in all I choose.
The earth speaks to me of you,
Stay with me, stay true.
Verse 3
You seal the storm inside my skin,
When you don’t go, when you remain,
Always warm against the night,
Holding off the rain.
You rest your gaze on everything,
Let everything be forever.
Chorus (soft)
The earth speaks to me of you,
Low and slow and true.
The earth speaks to me of you,
Like a light that pulls me through.
Bridge
I keep the tears,
This is not the time to cry,
That urge fades out,
I stretch remembrance wide.
The ground holds me
When I lose my reason,
You leave on the wing of wind,
But stay in every season.
Final Chorus (extended)
The earth speaks to me of you,
In the dark, in the blue.
The earth speaks to me of you,
In all I am, in all I do.
The earth speaks to me of you,
A light that never dies.
Outro
You remain in that place,
Where I endlessly reinvent
The capacity to love.

— Lyrics © Luísa Martins Fernandes.
Poem from the book *Abismo* —

• Spoken Word
• alternativa
• Portugal