Phosphene Garden

A luminous descent into the inner visual field, where closed eyes become a garden of living light.

[Intro]

(tanpura drone, organ chord swell, sitar wash — the mind's eye opens)

[Verse 1]

Close your eyes, let the colors breathe Under closed lids, a sky of tangled leaves Purple rings and amber corridors Spiraling through the hidden temple doors

The hum of the earth becomes a chord A thousand rivers singing one accord Every nerve is lit like lantern glass Every moment burning bright and then past

[Chorus]

Bloom in the phosphene garden Where the light seeds scatter and spark Bloom in the phosphene garden You are the flower in the dark Petals of gold and violet blue Every color opening through you Bloom in the phosphene garden Come drift through the phosphene garden

[Verse 2]

The ceiling bends like mercury water The walls dissolve into something softer I can taste the hum of a G-string tone Colors breathing, breathing you back home

The ancient clock has stopped its counting The silver river keeps on mounting Every breath a prism spinning The song inside you keeps beginning

[Chorus]

Bloom in the phosphene garden Where the light seeds scatter and spark Bloom in the phosphene garden You are the flower in the dark Petals of gold and violet blue Every color opening through you Bloom in the phosphene garden Come drift through the phosphene garden

[Bridge]

Deeper now, beneath the green Into the unseen within the seen The humming cathedral of your mind Where every light you've lost, you'll find

Let it go, let it go, let it go Into the phosphene flow Let it go, let it go, let it go Become the glow

[Final Chorus]

Bloom in the phosphene garden Where the light seeds scatter and spark Bloom in the phosphene garden You are the flower in the dark Petals of gold and violet blue Every color opening through you Bloom in the phosphene garden We drift through the phosphene garden Bloom... bloom... in the phosphene garden

[Outro]

Phosphene... garden... Ohhh...

(reversed guitar echoes, tanpura drone, sitar — the light fades to dark)