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Grow in the Dark

by Wilted Flower

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1.
Grow 03:43
The lightbulb in me stopped brightening up the days and the nights I've tried to replace it, with so many things so many times But I’m destined to live in the dark, it seems I've been spending a lot of time on the floor in the hopes that I'll hit rock bottom faster so the only way can be up An apple a day keeps the doctor away But no matter how many apples I ate I was still sick, I was still sick So I left them to rot in the dirt alongside me Maybe they’ll grow an apple tree Maybe they’ll grow an apple tree Maybe they’ll grow an apple tree The lightbulb in me stopped brightening up the days and the nights But I’ll keep trying to replace it with whatever I can find I’ll grow in the dark
2.
Life has not been kind to you, But I know that you’ll make it through Because you’re stronger than I think you’ll ever know I know how it feels to be down so low you don’t think you’ll make it out, And you can’t envision better days But you know that they exist, you know the sun will rise again And melt away the cold Winter has been so harsh But summer is on its way Just stay another day And may things start to feel okay You’ve pulled me through so many awful times While continuing to be an amazing mother, and an amazing wife Your brother would be so damn proud of you And everything you do Winter has been so harsh But summer is on its way Just stay another day And may things start to feel okay And if you’re in that place right now, I don’t know if words are enough to pull you out but you are so dearly loved Winter has been so harsh But summer is on its way Just stay another day And may things start to feel okay Winter has been so harsh But summer is on its way Just stay another day And may things start to feel okay
3.
Sickness 03:01
Backseat of the car Unsure of the destination Sickness is all I feel No hands behind the wheel Backseat of the car Unsure of the destination Sickness is all I feel No hands behind the wheel I can feel every bump in the road, every dip, and rise Like I crafted it myself But each one still comes as a surprise Backseat of the car Unsure of the destination Sickness is all I feel No hands behind the wheel People who once lived inside of me still hover in the halls and I just want peace and quiet within my own walls Yeah peace and quiet within my own walls Within my own walls Within my own walls
4.
Monochrome 03:49
This room, it has four walls And a disappearing door And every time I’m trapped again I forget what it’s like, I forget what it’s like Outside Everything is grey again So monochrome I cannot be here again I cannot be this low Everything is grey again So monochrome I cannot be here again I cannot be this low this low Everything is dark again The light has slipped away Feeling the walls for an exit Only to find, only to find A rope Everything is grey again So monochrome I cannot be here again I cannot be this low Everything is grey again So monochrome I cannot be here again I cannot be The house is quiet Everything is grey again My mind it is louder I cannot be here again The house is quiet Everything is grey again My mind it is louder I cannot be here again Everything is grey I cannot be here again Everything is grey I cannot be here I cannot be here I cannot be I cannot be
5.
I take a deep breath Feel the air slowly fill my lungs, but it’s painful Grounded, flying, Both at the same time Broken, trying To make it out alive Crash-landed, but at least I landed on solid ground It felt like I could’ve done circles in the air forever But I know that eventually I’d tire out and fall down anyway Fall down anyway And I know I let you down, most days I know I let you down (Ahhhhhhhhhhh) I know I let you down, most days I know I let you down (Ahhhhhhhhhhh) I just keep burning my failings into my skin (Ahhhhhhhhhhh) I just keep burning my failings into my skin (Ahhhhhhhhhhh) I just keep burning my failings into my skin (Ahhhhhhhhhhh) I just keep burning my failings into my skin (Ahhhhhhhhhhh) (My skin my skin my skin my skin) Not like it’s a stranger to scars Grounded, flying Both at the same time Broken, trying To make it out alive Grounded, flying Both at the same time Broken, trying To make it out alive
6.
I love the way your nose creases when you smile And the way your eyes light up when they meet mine And the way you hold my hand when I’m scared of the dark And the way you wrap your arms around me when I’m falling apart We’ll be fine, you and I, because our stars have finally aligned you are the air I breathe; you are the light I need You’re the end of the tunnel, even when I can’t see it we'll be fine, you and I, because our stars have finally aligned you are the blood flowing through my veins, you are the warmth I feel on a rainy day But I know I’ll be okay one day And even if I’m not I have a home with you I have a place to rest until a better day Fear melts away and all that’s left is your face We’ll be fine, you and I, because our stars have finally aligned you are the air I breathe; you are the light I need You’re the end of the tunnel, even when I can’t see it We'll be fine, you and I, because our stars have finally aligned You are the blood flowing through my veins, you are the warmth I feel on a rainy day Dancing in the kitchen, to 80s music The sunset is beautiful but it has nothing on you And the moment I saw you, I thought that’s the girl I’m going to marry And I can’t believe you felt it too Dancing in the kitchen, to 80s music The sunset is beautiful but it has nothing on you And the moment I saw you, I thought that’s the girl I’m going to marry And I can’t believe you felt it too
7.
Pretty skies and white lies, tea stained teeth and black eyes We watched you fade away Smiling brave until your final day You gave love to every one you met And gave and gave to never take Nails painted red Sat so still in that hospital bed We grow old and fade away We go grey and lose our days But I’ll try not to lose my way For you, no not today It was hard for me living so far away And when I got the call to say You were in your final days I wanted nothing more than to be right by your side But the train timetables let me down And the next day you died We grow old and fade away We go grey and lose our days But I’ll try not to lose my way For you, no not today I’ll miss you on my wedding day And tell dad I wish that he were here to give me away I’ll miss you on my wedding day And tell dad I wish he were here to give me away But life must go on despite this pain You taught me that, to dance in the rain
8.
Manic depression, Thorns stuck in my side If I pull them out I’ll bleed to death from the inside But how can I live this way Am I poison yeahhhh Or am I poisoned yeahhhhhh Am I poison yeahhhh Or am I poisoned yeahhhh Am I poison yeahhhhhh Or am I poisoned yeahhhh Or am I poisoned I can’t tell either way The loneliness is setting in I fear it will stay the night And overstay its welcome Once again Am I poison yeahhhh Or am I poisoned yeahhhhhh Am I poison yeahhhh Or am I poisoned yeahhhh Am I poison yeahhhhhh Or am I poisoned yeahhhh Or am I poisoned I can’t tell either way Either way I just want out of this hell I want out of this hell I want out of this hell I want out of this hell I want out of this hell Am I poison Or am I poisoned Am I poison Or am I poisoned Am I poison Or am I poisoned
9.
Our beautiful bodies combined, naked and bare like art; we are admirable, we are precious and pure.

But like art we are fragile and the paintbrush it is made up of honesty and pain and a surgical knife because I cut open my chest to give to you my heart and the blood it has stained both my mind and your hands.

Don’t let me down and don’t let me fade because that heart resting in your hands is still beating today and only your touch can keep this blood flowing through my veins. 
It’s all background noise except for you and I feel myself falling faster I am scared I might hit the ground before my time because every candle I’ve ever lit has been put out before it burned out 
And I go to sleep each night with this fear scratching at my mind that you won’t be there when I wake and the background noise will forever stay focused And I drink this wine; to forget that I have lost everything I thought was mine But I will try to keep this flame alive because it needs to burn to get me through each night And I trust your voice, and that beautiful smile, and the way you wrap your arms around me tight This love is pure and it can’t be defined, I thought nothing had a purpose because we are born to die Until I looked into your sea-green eyes, and my life finally became mine
10.
In The Dark 03:23
I know It's getting bad again but that'll break her heart I know she'll take me in her arms and try to kiss away the dark I don’t know why I even left the house, or got up at all Always let down, yet ever hopeful if I fall again I’m going to let myself go, ‘cause I’m tired of living on this slippery slope I know It's getting bad again but that'll break her heart I know she'll take me in her arms and try to kiss away the dark But she and I both know I know It's getting bad again but that'll break her heart I know she'll take me in her arms and try to kiss away the dark But she and I both know she can't, she can't, she can’t, she can’t she can't, she can't, she can’t, she can’t she can't, she can't, she can’t, she can’t

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released October 5, 2019

Michaela Woods - Lyrics, Vocals & Guitar
Dan Egan - Drums, Bass, Mixing & Mastering
Ryan Monshall - Bass & Lead Guitar

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Wilted Flower Nottingham, UK

Notts based emo folk duo

Micki combines haunting, powerful vocals with heart-wrenching lyrics focusing on mental health, love & loss

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