I take this song to have more than just its literal meaning of a person buying flowers. The lyrics seem deeper than just that.
The speaker seems to be talking to a good friend, his partner in crime if you will. Their lives were constantly intertwined and in the end those memories were their ransom; making life more bearable they delivered each other out of the darkness. The speaker's other half died, possibly by suicide, either way his friend cashed out his life buying the sunflowers, which could stand for the happiness/love he yearned to feel or bliss to simply end it all. Giving them to the night is where he fell into death. He gave everything up for death.
The Star of David is also known as "the shield of David." The speaker has been living under this shield for what feels like 100 years and he finally felt that it was his time to die. He did as his friend did and gave everything he lived for to death. He continues to compare himself to his dead friend to show how similar they were and how lost he was without him.
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The references to the Star of David could have it relate to the Holocaust. One died during while the other escaped and survived to live on missing his other half. In the end it didn't matter because death comes no matter what.
I take this song to have more than just its literal meaning of a person buying flowers. The lyrics seem deeper than just that.
The speaker seems to be talking to a good friend, his partner in crime if you will. Their lives were constantly intertwined and in the end those memories were their ransom; making life more bearable they delivered each other out of the darkness. The speaker's other half died, possibly by suicide, either way his friend cashed out his life buying the sunflowers, which could stand for the happiness/love he yearned to feel or bliss to simply end it all. Giving them to the night is where he fell into death. He gave everything up for death.
The Star of David is also known as "the shield of David." The speaker has been living under this shield for what feels like 100 years and he finally felt that it was his time to die. He did as his friend did and gave everything he lived for to death. He continues to compare himself to his dead friend to show how similar they were and how lost he was without him.
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The references to the Star of David could have it relate to the Holocaust. One died during while the other escaped and survived to live on missing his other half. In the end it didn't matter because death comes no matter what.
But that’s just what I think.