Lyric discussion by daniface 

Cover art for Roses lyrics by Meg And Dia Band, The

Turn around there's those eyes again. Turn around fake indifference and I. [Watch their cold, dark silhouettes disappear. A hundred bodies fill this room. And all their faces overdone. Pain is foreign, foreign to us.] At first I thought this verse was supposed to be morbid. I thought the bodies line was referring to corpses XD. But after reading it over again I realize it's referring to a dance club or a rave...as for the "pain is foreign to us" they're probably on morphine or something LOL

[I'd sell my kicks for one more low tar.] She wants a smoke. XD

[Fevers hand in hand with shoelace bracelets.] Noticing the couples around. Their hands are tied together with shoelaces. Because it's romantic, I guess? Or something...

[Why are some girls so naive? He didn't unbutton your blouse to see a better view of your heart.] So there's some girl with her guy and they're...having fun. LOL She's just commenting on how some girls are really naive and domr guys don't actually love them-- they just want someone to bang :)

[ Apples parachute the boys back down. ] ...I have no idea what this means. Maybe the girl whose point of view the song is from got high, too? XD Because that makes NO SENSE. WHATSOEVER. Unless "apples" and "parachutes" have some strange meaning that I'm not aware of.

There are pretty girls who sell roses for a couple dollars in some bars with little flower baskets. I think that's what the entire song is referring to. A flower girl in a bar or a club or something, being a bit jealous of all the couples around...

In literature, apples tend to represent temptation. Parachutes slow down the speed at which something falls. Not necessarily agreeing, but not necessarily dissagreeing either, this would imply that, acording to your analysis, the fact that they were screwing while at least the guy was high might mean that it draws out the high feeling.

I'm trying to think of a way to put that more clearly.

If you're high, and have sex just before you start coming down, you might be able to keep the feelings going for a little bit longer, feeling good from the sex, seperate from the...