Who Wants Flowers When You’re Dead? Nobody. Lyrics
A cherry sunset blossoms;
We're not there to watch it fall
On the vacant canvas
We should be waiting
With our face down on the grass
Staring till our eyes give way
Paint this city black
While the night's still young
[Bridge]
Go!
[Verse 2]
This cherry sunset withers
Words as frail as paper
Dawn I thought we'd never see
Alone on this silent beach
Nothing we can do
There's nothing we can do
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Refrain]
The sky, it burns itself
The sky, it burns itself out
Sky, it burns itself out
The sky, it burns itself
The trees rot down to nothing
Throats dry out and corpses fill the sidewalks
These promenades, our graveyards
[Refrain]
The sky, it burns itself out
Sky, it burns itself out
[Interlude]
There is nothing we can do
The sky, it burns itself
And I think we're all about to fucking die
The trees rot down to nothing
Throats dry out and corpses fill these sidewalks
These promenades, our graveyards
Kneeling down on what's left, sacrificed upon doomsday
Oh, if we could take it back and see one last twilight
Yeah!
[Pre-Chorus]
Take a picture, take a picture
(Take what?)
Take a picture, take a picture
Take a picture
Take a picture, take a picture
Take a picture, take a picture
It will last longer
Our hands in prayer formation
Our elbows on the bed
One last try for Heaven
Thinking, "Who wants flowers when you're dead?"
You're dead
When you're dead
[Breakdown ]
Cherry, cherry
Cherry, cherry
Cherry, cherry
Cherry, cherry
Cherry, a cherry sunset
About
“Who Wants Flowers When You’re Dead? Nobody.” is the second song from Bring Me The Horizon’s debut EP This Is What The Edge Of Your Seat Was Made For, released on 2nd October 2004. The EP version is a re-recording of the original version on The Bedroom Sessions, released earlier in 2004.
The title of this track is taken from a line in J.D. Salinger’s 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye. In the book, the protagonist, Holden Caulfield, struggles with romantic aspects of death, stating:
I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to jump dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddamn cemetery. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday, and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you’re dead? Nobody.
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