From the album "with love, from oluhu vol.1"
Illustration of the 118 WallyPower yacht (postcard available at ebay.com/itm/296987676139) by Rémy Bols (instagram.com/remybols)

Orchid

Pikaa - Orchids

Lyrics
(Intro)

(Verse 1)
I gave you spores, I fed you right,
I spoke to roots in dead of night.
My breath became the soft perfume
That clung to every sleepless bloom.
I touched the veil, I crossed the line—
A garden ghost by my design.

(Chorus)
I am the life beneath the bloom,
The ghost alive, the breast, the womb.
I did not stay to haunt or grieve—
I left to bloom. I stayed to leave.

(Verse 2)
I left no grave, I left no stone,
Just petals rising from the bone.
The mycelium whispers my name—
It drinks my grief, consumes my shame.
And now I hum in every vine—
A mother’s verse, to orchid’s mine

(Chorus)
I am the life beneath the bloom,
The ghost alive, the breast, the womb.
I did not stay to haunt or grieve—
I left to bloom. I stayed to leave.

(Verse 3)
Two names I was much more than proud,
Still echo deep beneath the shroud.
Lumen is light, Netta is tame,
Each rooted in my silent name.
I did not bloom to leave them be—
They are the ones who carry me.

(Bridge)
There’s no return, no last reply—
Just orchids reaching toward the sky.
But if you kneel, and breathe in deep,
You’ll find the secrets I could not keep.

(Final Chorus)
I am the life beneath the bloom,
The ghost alive, the breast, the womb.
I did not stay to haunt or grieve—
I left to bloom. I stayed to leave.


I did not stay to haunt or grieve—
I left to bloom. My will believed.
I knew I'd leave, and far too soon.
I left my life, so they could bloom.


(Outro)
I left my life, so they could bloom.

The Life Beneath the Bloom

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