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Flowers in the Attic Lyrics
The two young children were old and bent
The older tried to look confident
Laying life ebbed away, nearly spent, no love
The darkness came and stopped the precious light
If they survive this eternal night
Without the sun and their maternal love
They might fade away
Flowers in the attic will not grow
Flowers in the attic no one knows
Flowers in the attic given some light
Maybe you will survive
The children cried like a baying hound
Cold, still and darkness was their surround
Although they wept, you could hear no sound
They fade.
They needed light to rejuvenate
To run away through an open gate
To halt the rise of a growing pain, away
By now the old world was laid to rest
So they invented self-happiness
With all the toys and the books
And the games they played
One lonely child in the night touched you
Depending on his mothers will
No food or love were the last but 'til the dawn
The older tried to look confident
Laying life ebbed away, nearly spent, no love
The darkness came and stopped the precious light
If they survive this eternal night
Without the sun and their maternal love
They might fade away
Flowers in the attic no one knows
Flowers in the attic given some light
Maybe you will survive
Cold, still and darkness was their surround
Although they wept, you could hear no sound
They fade.
They needed light to rejuvenate
To run away through an open gate
To halt the rise of a growing pain, away
So they invented self-happiness
With all the toys and the books
And the games they played
One lonely child in the night touched you
Depending on his mothers will
No food or love were the last but 'til the dawn
Burke Shelley stated how the song uses "ideas from the book of the same name. It was considered as a soundtrack when the film, based on the book was being made." The film was released a few years later in 1987.
The song, and book to the same degree, address themes of childhood trauma, isolation, and the struggle for love and survival. At its core, the song portrays the devastating effects of neglected children in a situation devoid of nurturing. The imagery of "flowers in the attic" is a poignant metaphor for the potential for growth and beauty stifled by neglect; The children, like flowers, can't thrive in darkness and isolation, without the necessary care and support.