Automatic Flowers

The last verse is missing: "She'll never admit it She never considered this She always means better She's wasting all her time"

Sara is a lonely girl who had a very specific dream of what she wanted when she grew up. She wants "flowers," a metaphor for her dream life, but her window is just a brick wall, meaning she didn't get exactly what she wanted. she wants to see the beauty out there but she feels like all she can get are the automatic flowers of her childhood book, which she keeps playing with, all alone, because she feels like that's the best she can do. the flowers are automatic because they always open on command, and she wants happiness to be at her command. Even though it is the best she can do, she just wants more, and she's frustrated that's she's not getting it. "her garden blooms, but sara can't see straight she's drinking herself blind" means that she has things that she should be happy about all around her, but she's too busy being self-destructive about not getting exactly what she wanted that she can't see it. "No one can help her find" means that no matter what anyone does, she will never see it. She's spending her life crying because she never got her ideal life. the last verse, "she'll never admit it, she never considered this" means she doesn't want anyone to know why she's so upset, despite the fact that it's obvious from her crying and drinking that she is. "she always feels better, she's wasting all her time" I am familiar with as what you think of when you have that depressed person who you ask if they are ok, but they never are, they just always say "I'll be ok" implying that they'll feel better later. It's like her always saying "I'll feel better later" but right now she's spending her time crying. She'll never feel better for real.

That's just my interpretation.

My ex-girlfriend's name is Sara....and that bitch is crazy

Fascinating enough, I believe this song is about alchoholism. She can't afford to pay for her apartment. Why's this? She spends most of her time trying to make herself happy. Eventually she becomes an alcoholic. Alcohol becomes her automatic flowers. Hence, She's drinking herself blind. (By the way, I agree endersshadow on the automatic flowers. Although, they're supposed to be the frilly innocence of the song.)

Ever try growing Autoflowering cannabis? It's no always easy, and sometimes it simply won't do...

I think this song is about a very lonely girl. Read the lyrics and you should be able to find many obvious supports for my thinking. Flowers represent love and relationships, but the 'automatic' basically nullifies that -- the flowers are given without feeling? :P

its about a girl whos looking at a book and it has pop up flowers in it... and then years later she opens the same book only to find out that the flowers are still there.. and they pop up when you open the book, they don't just open automatically.

i dunno i never could figure out this song really... i agree w/ that its a very lonely girl but i dont get the pop up book from grade 4 part... or automatic flowers i couldnt think of how flowers could be automatic but someone said because their givenin w/o feeling i agree there now....

I like perhaps its about how things from the past can come back and haunt you and still make you feel bad and it drives you crazy that its still there no matter what....but what do I know about anything?

It is about a girl, who obviously is very upset.Haven't got a clue why though. And can i just say that the automatic flowers refer to the flowers in the pop up book. When she opens the book up, the flowers 'automatically' pop up.

i read a quote from raine on this that said that it's about a woman that lives alone in an apartment and all she has left is this pop-up book. the entire history of "sara" isn't given, only hinted at by the line "crying, crying, she couldn't afford the view". dilifer's right on the automatic flowers, it isn't a play on words, it's a description of the pop-up book's contents, and this pop-up book is the only thing that she has that's close to her, and it won't do to be happy, thus, "these automatic flowers won't do"...