All your seven dreams
Look close, son, and you'll believe
As your things come undone
See you are the only one

Flower, seize the hour I did
I wait Waiting, waiting for your wake
I'll wait

When you wake up you're all weak
Throwing your life away
Someday, sorry coming home
Sorry snail
What you wait for

Flower, the pain will wash away, away
When the sun shines
Climbs through your window into your bed

When you wake up you're all weak
Throwing your life away
Someday, sorry coming home
Sorry snail
Down in my heart

Flower save the hours
Flower away

What you wait for
Flower chase the sunshine
Flower chase the sunshine
Flower


Lyrics submitted by Ice, edited by viKK, BIRDDUDE830

Snail Lyrics as written by William Patrick Corgan

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    My Interpretation

    It's about going for something and not giving up no matter how hard it may be. He talks about a snail who is after a flower but the snail is so slow that it may take lots of hard work and time.

    "All your seven dreams Look close, son, and you'll believe"

    The "seven dreams" refer to 7 petals on a flower, and telling the snail to believe that he can make it to the flower.

    "Flower, seize the hour I did I wait Waiting, waiting for your wake I'll wait"

    The flower speaking to the snail telling him to seize the day and make the most of it, telling the snail that he (the flower) also had to work hard to turn into a flower but it was all worth it. The flower is waiting for him to wake up.

    "When you wake up you're all weak Throwing your life away"

    The snail is weak from struggling to get to the flower, and so he slacks off, wasting his life away.

    "Someday, sorry coming home Sorry snail What you wait for"

    The flower hoping someday the snail will join him. The flower is wondering what the snail is waiting for, and that he can make it if he tries.

    "Flower, the pain will wash away, away When the sun shines Climbs through your window into your bed"

    The snail thinking that when he finally gets to the flower that all his pain and sorrow will go away; the sun will shine.

    "Flower save the hours Flower away"

    The snail realizes that he needs to start getting on with his life so that he can make it the flower, so he asks the flower to wait for him.

    "What you wait for Flower chase the sunshine Flower chase the sunshine Flower"

    The snail gets to the flower, thanks to the flower's encouragement, but now the snail is the one now asking the flower "what you wait for?", and is saying "now that I have made it to what I was looking for (the flower), it's your turn. The flower wants sunshine, so the snail is now encouraging the flower to chase the sunshine.

    Xazon July 04, 2010   Link

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