她埋的花

[Intro] [(erhu drone)] [(guzheng fragments)] (low heartbeat drum) (喝……又忘了……忘了……又想起……) [Verse 1] [(weary, hollow, close-mic)] 桥头的空碗 摞成了塔 [(numb exhaustion)] 汤是甜的 咽下去才咸 [(sweet lie turning to salt)] 汤一凉 心就发烫 [(sudden warmth of returning pain)] 桥边那株花 红得像句遗言 [(the flower, an unfinished last word)] [Pre-Chorus] [(hushed, rising)] ([Tension Build]) 我数到塔尖 那只空碗 [(hushed)] 孟婆忽然 说了一句什么 [(a murmured truth)] 风太大 我没听清 [(wind swallowing the answer)] 只有脚下那株花 红了一分 [(the flower understood first)] [Chorus] [(grief-laden)] [(Chinese opera-style vocals, never shouted)] (female harmony echoes) 原来那碗汤 浇的是花 [(heartbroken awe)] 浇的是你不肯带走的心 [(voice breaking on the last word)] 我多忘一次 花就多红一场 [(anguished)] 你的心 在根里多熬一春 [(grief settling like sediment)] [Verse 2] [(begging, broken)] ([Drums stop]) 我求孟婆 动一动那株花 [(begging, hollow)] 她伸手 又缩了回去 [(scalded by warmth)] 蹲下来 看了很久才说 [(long silence, sorrow)] 这根还热着 别碰 [(still warm — she is still waiting)] [Bridge] ([Breakdown]) [(spoken, quiet, guzheng single notes)] （念白） 孟婆 再满上一碗 [(resigned calm)] 这一次 倒满 永远 [(final resolve)] 别让我看 花枯下去的样子 [(cannot bear to watch it die)] 倒之前 我先把眼睛闭上 [(shutting eyes against the farewell)] [Final Chorus] ([Beat Re-entry]) [(strings swell, restrained)] (distant female harmony) 汤见了底 花谢在风里 [(empty peace after the storm)] 我终于忘了你的名字 [(hollow forgetting)] 只是路过开花的路口 [(inexplicable ache)] 眼泪 总是比人先认出你 [(tears before recognition, voice trembling)] [Outro] (Filtered) ([Reverb Fade-Out]) [(wind)] [(distant erhu)] 黄泉路远 花开如血 [(distant female harmony, her ghost in the flower)] [(Whispered)] 都怪花……开得这么认真 [(his last blame, hiding the deepest tenderness)] (distant female voice) 今年……也开了 [(her yearly answer: I am still here)]