Clover Games

[Verse 1]
Red tail stirring clover
Sunlight on my nose
Something painted drifts by
Where the wild meadow grows

Little wings like lanterns
Looping airy rings
I crouch in the clover
Just to scatter her wind

[Pre-Chorus]
She lifts when I pounce
Like she knew all along
That a fox in the meadow
Can’t help playing along

[Chorus]
So I dance with the butterfly
Round and round in the sky
She spins trails of silver air
Then slips past my eyes

I dart through the clover
She rises just right
A fox and a flicker of wings
Playing games in the light

[Verse 2]
She lands for a heartbeat
On the tip of a reed
Like a dare in the daylight
Too tempting to leave

I pounce through the clover
Just to scatter her flight
And she stitches the sunlight
Back into the sky

[Pre-Chorus]
But the grass bends wrong
Like a seam pulled wide
Something patient is listening
Under clover and thyme

[Chorus]
Still I dance with the butterfly
Laughing up at the sky
She paints little circles of air
Just ahead of my feet

I tumble and chase her
Through clover and heat
A fox and a shimmer of wings
Never missing a beat

[Bridge]
A ripple lifts the reeds
As her flight threads the breeze
Silver notes like laughter
Dancing through the trees

But she climbs into sunlight
Too quick to be caught
So I grin through my whiskers
And pretend that it's not

[Final Section / Dark Ending]
The meadow sinks si-si-silent
And the warm wind s-slips still

Soft clover s-splits slowly
Along the hill

She lifts for the sun-sun-sunlight
Silver and small

Something below
Starts lis-lis-listening to it all

I danced with the but-but-butterfly
Out in the clover sky

Back when the meadow was la-la-laughing
And nothing watched from be-be-below

Alt indie, plucky synths, airy flute, soft hand percussion, subtle rhythmic glitches, mature playful energy, mid-tempo