[Verse 1]
I held a seed in my palm
Like a secret to keep
I wanted sun on my skin
Wanted something to be
But the ground kept moving
Every time I leaned in
Hands pulled up my softest parts
Before I could begin
[Pre-Chorus]
And I watch them reach
So easy, so high
Their colors stay
While I fade inside
I try to stand still
I try to stay brave
But I’m always the garden
That somebody takes
[Chorus]
Rootless bloom, rootless bloom
I keep reaching through the room
Rootless bloom, rootless bloom
Tell me how to grow like you
I can only watch
I can only admire
Rootless bloom, rootless bloom
Still I want to rise higher
[Verse 2]
I know the shape of my longing
Like a name on my tongue
I see petals on other people
And I feel too undone
They open so natural
They belong to the air
I keep learning their beauty
From the ache of not there
[Pre-Chorus]
And I watch them reach
So easy, so high
Their colors stay
While I fade inside
I try to stand still
I try to stay brave
But I’m always the garden
That somebody takes
[Chorus]
Rootless bloom, rootless bloom
I keep reaching through the room
Rootless bloom, rootless bloom
Tell me how to grow like you
I can only watch
I can only admire
Rootless bloom, rootless bloom
Still I want to rise higher
[Bridge]
Maybe I’m not broken
Maybe I’m bent by rain
Maybe every ending
Leaves a softer name
If I can’t be planted
Let me be light instead
A little thing surviving
Even when I’m fed
[Final Chorus]
Rootless bloom, rootless bloom
I keep reaching through the room
Rootless bloom, rootless bloom
Tell me how to grow like you
I can only watch
I can only admire
Rootless bloom, rootless bloom
Still I want to rise higher
Rootless bloom, rootless bloom
Even torn, I’m made of bloom