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I feel like the flowers in this vase
He just brought 'em home one day
"Ain't they beautiful?" he said
They been here in the kitchen and the water's turning grey
They're sitting in the vase, but now they're dead
Dead flowers
I feel like this long string of lights
They lit up our whole house on Christmas day
Now it's January and the bulbs have all burned out
And still they hang
Like dead flowers
He ain't feeling anything
My love, my hurt, or the sting of this rain
I'm living in a hurricane
All he can say is, "man, ain't it such a nice day?"
Yeah yeah
I feel like the tires on this car
You said they won't go far but we're still rolling
I look in the rearview and I see dead flowers in the yard
And that string of lights
And it ain't glowing
Like dead flowers
Like dead flowers
He ain't feeling anything
My love, my hurt, or the sting of this rain
I'm driving through a hurricane
All he can say is, "man, ain't it such a nice day?"
Hey hey, I guess we'll just go to waste
Like dead flowers
Like dead flowers
Dead flowers
He just brought 'em home one day
"Ain't they beautiful?" he said
They been here in the kitchen and the water's turning grey
They're sitting in the vase, but now they're dead
Dead flowers
They lit up our whole house on Christmas day
Now it's January and the bulbs have all burned out
And still they hang
Like dead flowers
My love, my hurt, or the sting of this rain
I'm living in a hurricane
All he can say is, "man, ain't it such a nice day?"
Yeah yeah
You said they won't go far but we're still rolling
I look in the rearview and I see dead flowers in the yard
And that string of lights
And it ain't glowing
Like dead flowers
Like dead flowers
My love, my hurt, or the sting of this rain
I'm driving through a hurricane
All he can say is, "man, ain't it such a nice day?"
Hey hey, I guess we'll just go to waste
Like dead flowers
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Submitted by
caseykins On Apr 12, 2009
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No comments?! This song is AMAZING, one of my favorites from Miranda Lambert. The way I interpret the song is like this. She knows the relationship has hit a dead end, and that he doesn't feel the same for her as he once did. "I feel like the tires on this car, you said they won't go far but we're still rolling" He is saying their relationship won't last much longer but as of now their still going. "He ain't feeling anything, my love, my hurt, or the sting of this rain. I'm driving through a hurricane, all he can say is, man ain't it such a nice day?" He isn't experiencing any pain in the fact that their relationship is slowly dying, while her heart is slowly breaking. Soon the relationship will be dead, like dead flowers, and she is left broken hearted while he goes on feeling no pain. Thats how I like to interpret it because I went through the same thing. Stupid boys ;)
I love love love love this song! Perfection.
From her website: Lambert got the inspiration to write the song from a personal experience. “I had some flowers that I got for Valentines Day in a vase on the kitchen table. I was going on the road so I had to throw them in the yard. They were just laying there and it was a really sad image. The song came to me right away and was one of those ones that kinda wrote itself.”
From her website: Lambert got the inspiration to write the song from a personal experience. “I had some flowers that I got for Valentines Day in a vase on the kitchen table. I was going on the road so I had to throw them in the yard. They were just laying there and it was a really sad image. The song came to me right away and was one of those ones that kinda wrote itself.”
I agree, the relationship is over. The girl is broken hearted and grieving while the boy doesn't feel a thing. Almost like he didn't even know there was anything wrong in the first place. Sounds like a typical guy!
Well i believe my ex-girlfriend can relate to this song every well. It seemed like our relationship wasn't going any further, and it was slowly dying into nothing. One day she posted these lyrics on her facebook page and it was an automatic "oh shit" flare going off in my head. She use to sing it to me in her car all the time, I guess I should have gotten the clue and looked up the meaning before it was too late, but it was, our relationship went dead, like dead flowers, now i'm here today, wishing for a better tomorrow, and maybe those flowers will come alive again. If you read this kate, your always my girl :)
this guy just got her home one day, cuz she's pretty like flowers. she's just like this thing to him. he doesnt see her love or her hurt or anything, basically. she's just a pretty flower to him, that he got home and even though, the whole thing is dead, she's lived his purpous, and she's dead now. and he doesnt even see it. to him its all good, cuz he's got something pretty in his house to show people. like the christmas lights.
This became one of my favorite Miranda songs now that I can relate to it more.
The beginning of the song is a metaphor for the beginning of their relationship, ""Aint they beautiful" he said" is referring to how he felt about her in the beginning of the relationship. Everything was exciting and new. But just as dead flowers do, his feeling became dull and grey.
When their relationship has faded, he's not affected by it, while she's left with the weight of the relationship on her shoulders. She realizes she has to throw away their relationship, just as she would throw away dead flowers.
"I feel like the flowers in this vase"...