Night-Blooming Cereus

[Verse 1] In the far desert  On a distant blasted plain  A forgotten corner Amid the death of all things  Not under the blinding sun or the cultivator's toil [Chorus] Only in darkness does the flower take hold It blooms at night, it blooms at night [Verse 2] In the old city, in abandoned shells On a desolated edge  Amid the death of all things  Not under the scornful eye or the corporation's hand  [Chorus] Only in darkness does the flower take hold  It blooms at night, it blooms at night [Verse 3] In my own head Near the hole where hope drains out And fear is branded deep  Amid the death of all things  Not under law or the thoughts I had before [Chorus] Only in darkness does the flower take hold  It blooms at night, it blooms at night  [Outro] In a valley filled with flowers unseen in the dark In a valley filled with flowers unseen in the dark It blooms at night  It blooms at night  It blooms at night