[Verse 1] Deep in the darkwood There’s a crooked stone gate Vines in the letters Moss on the name Lanterns in the branches Swing like slow hearts Your laugh in the shadows Pulling me apart Green hair tangled Burrs in your braid Heir to the wild Mud on your face Tea on the fire Scars on your knees You said “This is Vayler Where we love like we breathe” [Chorus] Welcome to Vayler Duchy in the trees Every path a story Every bruise a piece of me House of the serpents Coiled on the door But their arms are open I’m not afraid anymore Snakes on the banner Fangs on the crest Yet the hugs hit softer than any silk dress Here in Vayler Wild and kind and free You wrapped your forest heart around me [Verse 2] We ran through the ruins where your grandmothers danced You swore the old paintings still glance as we passed You fed crumbs to crows on your window ledge Swore they kept the secrets buried in the hedge Your uncle telling legends with bark on his hands Your sister braiding flowers into battle plans You traced the sigil on the inside of my wrist Said “We’re born looking dangerous But we live to resist” (oh) [Chorus] Welcome to Vayler Duchy in the trees Every path a story Every bruise a piece of me House of the serpents Coiled on the door But their arms are open I’m not afraid anymore Snakes on the banner Fangs on the crest Yet the hugs hit softer than any silk dress Here in Vayler Wild and kind and free You wrapped your forest heart around me [Bridge] I used to think sharp teeth meant run Till your mother set a place Called me “child ” called me “love” And your father by the fire said “The world misreads our skin They see the scales on the outside Miss the warmth within” [Chorus] Welcome to Vayler Duchy in the trees Every path a story Every bruise a piece of me House of the serpents Coiled on the door But their arms are open I’m not afraid anymore Snakes on the banner Fangs on the crest Yet the hugs hit softer than any silk dress Here in Vayler Wild and kind and free You wrapped your forest heart around me (around me) [Outro] If I ever leave Let the brambles remember How a stranger came shaking Left soft as the heather Paint my name in green in your old family hall Where the warm little serpents watch over us all

folk, Emo-tinged folk-pop with female vocals; intimate fingerpicked acoustic guitar under verses, subtle piano doubles the topline. Choruses bloom with roomy drums, tambourine, and soft bass swells. Stacked harmonies on key hook phrases; bridge strips to voice and guitar before a final, lifted refrain with airy oohs and a gentle, storytelling outro., warm, emo, pop

Snakes of Vayler