From the recording FIVE - THE FIFTH SEASON
The lyrics of “The Fifth (Part 1)” gather all the central themes of the project into a single reflection: they depict a world where nature’s cycles have broken, orchards bloom out of time, and storms appear out of season — a symbol for climate disruption, human fragility, and the unsettling new reality we inhabit. Yet within this dissonance, the song insists on resilience: we can still carry one another, still write songs amid the ruins, still recognize that this new “season” is partly of our making, but also ours to shape. The refrain “The Fifth Season is here” becomes both lament and affirmation, acknowledging fear and loss while affirming responsibility, creativity, and love. This sets the scene….
Lyrics
VERSE 1
The orchard blooms out of time,
Snow forgotten, rivers blind.
We walk the fields where silence grows,
Counting seasons we no longer know.
PRE-CHORUS
But still the earth remembers,
Still the sky can sing,
If we carry one another
Through the breaking, through the sting.
CHORUS
The Fifth Season is here,
It lives in the cracks of the year.
Born of our hands,
Made of our fear—
But also of hope we hold near.
The Fifth Season is here.
VERSE 2
Storms are rising, nights too long,
But in the ruins, we write our song.
Every fracture, every flame,
Whispers the truth—we can change.
PRE-CHORUS
Though time won’t turn to what it was,
A new horizon waits for us.
We are the season, we are the sign,
We are the threshold we must cross in time.
CHORUS
The Fifth Season is here,
It lives in the cracks of the year.
Born of our hands,
Made of our fear—
But also of love we hold clear.
The Fifth Season is here.
BRIDGE
Not spring, not summer, not autumn, not snow—
A season of all that we choose to let grow.
In memory, in grief, in hope’s quiet flame—
The Fifth Season calls us, it carries our name.
FINAL CHORUS/OUTRO
The Fifth Season is here,
Fragile, unfinished, sincere.
What will we sow?
What will appear?
The Fifth Season is ours…
It is here.