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[Verse 1]
The sakura opened while I wasn't watching
Sometime between the cold and the first warm rain
I found a petal pressed inside an old notebook
From a spring I thought I'd long ago explained

The kettle on the stove, the window left ajar
The way the curtain lifted like it knew
I sat a little longer than I needed to
And let the morning do what mornings do

[Chorus]
Carry me where the petals drift and wander
Somewhere between remembering and release
I don't need much - just room enough to breathe in
And let the season offer what it sees

[Verse 2]
My mother used to hum beside the cherry tree
The melody is mostly gone, but not the ache
I trace the branch's shadow on the tatami
And find I'm not so sure what's lost or safe

The neighbor's radio, a song from years before
A cat asleep beside the garden wall
It all feels held together, lightly, gently
The way a blossom holds before the fall

[Chorus]
Guide me where the petals find their stillness
Beyond the need to hold or to explain
I don't ask much - just long enough to feel it
Before the wind takes everything again

[Bridge]
(shamisen solo - slow, swaying)
Some things bloom without a reason
Some things fall without a sound
And maybe I was always this -
just passing through the ground

[Outro]
The sakura don't hurry
They open when they're ready
And close the same
quietly
the same