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