Coming Up Roses Lyrics

Lyric discussion by StarClaire 

Cover art for Coming Up Roses lyrics by Elliott Smith

I've always thought this song was about the masks people wear, the way we present ourselves as being "fine," or "okay," when, really, our world is falling to peices and there's a wall we can't climb-we're lost and lonely, afraid and discouraged. We're still "coming up roses" on the outside.