Lyric

Sat with her in the garden while the summer burned

She showed me how the metamorphosis works when you've learned

Said she used to have a different shape, a different name

People called her beautiful, but it felt like shame

One day she just wrapped herself in silence for a while

Cocoon inside the work—that's where she found her style

Koto playing soft, like she's remembering the sound

When she broke through the casing, she was fire on the ground

Chrysalis day, wrapped up tight

Chrysalis day, finding light

Chrysalis day, time to break

Chrysalis day, give and take

Asked her if she ever wants to go back to before

She shook her head and said: that's not what this is for

I had to die to know I was alive

I had to shed the skin to understand the drive

Now she moves through the city like she owns the ground

Flutters in and out, never making a sound

Koto strings like her heartbeat, steady and clear

Told me: every version of you stays here

The garden closes

The summer stays

She rises on a thousand days

Chrysalis day fades

Chrysalis day stays