MUSIC FOR SALE

Verse 1
I’m barefoot in the backyard
Sun feels warm enough
News is leaking through the drywall
But I turned it down just because
There’s a headline in the distance
Sounds expensive sounds obscene
But the flowers look so harmless
So I keep my hands clean

Pre Chorus
They say something’s breathing underground
But I don’t feel a thing
Hard to hear the sirens
When the birds are singing spring

Chorus
I’m smelling daisies
Head tilted to the sky
Roots wrapped round my ankles
But I swear I’m doing fine
There’s a sickness in the soil
But it blooms so pretty here
If I don’t look down too closely
I don’t have to feel the fear

Verse 2
Screens glow like a lullaby
Scroll past the open wounds
Someone else is losing everything
But I’ve still got time to lose
They’re coughing in the corners
Of a world we used to know
But denial grows like wildflowers
When you let it overflow

Pre Chorus
They’re waving red flags in the street
But the sky is such a blue
Hard to see the danger
When it hasn’t chosen you

Chorus
I’m smelling daisies
While my body learns to ache
Something crawling through my bloodstream
From the ground I wouldn’t check
It started soft and painless
Just a whisper just a lie
Now the roots are in my lungs
But hey the view is nice

Bridge
We laugh it off
We call it noise
Say it’s always been this way
By the time it hits the marrow
We have nothing left to say
Truth doesn’t knock politely
It seeps in slow and quiet
By the time you feel the sickness
You defended all the silence

Break, smile for the camera
Wave, pretend you’re clean
It’s easier to pose in daylight
Than admit what lives unseen

Final Chorus
I was smelling daisies
When the ground began to stir
Thought the earth was just breathing
Didn’t know it wanted more
Now I’m lying in the garden
Where I swore I felt so safe
Guess the cost of looking away
Is waking up too late

Outro
Still beautiful
Still bright
Still blooming
Right up until it takes you