Poison Garden

[cinematic, haunting opener]

[Intro – whispered layered vocals]
Stay… stay… don’t leave…
You’ve already grown inside me…

[Verse 1]
I planted petals in a plastic heart
Watered roots in the dark
Every lie I used to be
Started growing into me

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Every vine I tried to hide
Wrapped around my softer side

[Chorus 1]
Welcome to my poison garden
Where the sweetest things can harden
Every bloom has teeth beneath
Every love will make you bleed

[Verse 2]
Thorns are crawling up my spine
Turning pain to something mine
I don’t fear what I became
I’ve romanticized the pain

[Pre-Chorus 2]
If you wander, if you stay
You won’t leave the same way

[Chorus 2]
Welcome to my poison garden
Every wound a work of art and
Every color hides a scar
Every truth shows who you are

[Post-Chorus – echo]
Stay… stay… stay…

[Bridge – stripped, eerie]
You can taste it, you can feel it
Every secret I’ve been keeping
If you love me, you should know
Everything here grows too close

[Final Chorus]
Welcome to my poison garden
Where the softest hearts get hardened
If you touch me, beg my pardon
You’re inside the poison garden

[Outro – fading whisper]
Don’t leave…
You’ll grow here…

female vocals, cinematic art pop, dark ambient,ethereal,haunting,slow build,layered whispers,reverb heavy,dreamy, poetic