Linny Maria - Flowers For The Living (Lyrics)

This song is inspired by me having a deeper knowing that everything will come to its end, eventually. All the good and bad times, memories with people, the pain, hurt and times you cried from laughter. There are a lot of people I have many memories with, but are not in my life anymore. This song is a presentation of this, how it all became a vague memory of connections that have ended. I love how this song turned out as it really reflects how it feels to think back to those days and accept the reality the way that it is. The awareness of the impermanence can either make me not enjoy the moment, or be the reason I cherish the moments, people and things I experience right now. 🔔 Subscribe for more dark songs born from personal experience: ‪‪@linnyxmaria‬ 📧 E-mail me for a healing song for your story or situation: linnymaria.youtube@gmail.com Lyrics: [Verse 1] I give flowers to the living now, Before their faces disappear somehow. I memorize the shape of every smile, Because nothing beautiful stays for a while. We dance like sinners beneath the rain, Make little heavens out of temporary pain. I hold every moment like a dying dove, Already mourning the things that I love. [Pre-Chorus] Don't tell me forever. Forever is cruel. I've watched every promise Become something I lose. [Chorus] Flowers for the living, flowers for the dead, Flowers for the words we should have said. Flowers for the laughter, flowers for the tears, Flowers for the people who disappear. I know, I know— Nothing stays. I know, I know— Everything decays. [Verse 2] We turn ordinary nights into gold, Pretend that growing older won't take its toll. We gather around tables, we call ourselves home, But every little kingdom has a throne made of bones. The clock wears black beneath its face, Dragging our memories out of place. Yesterday whispers through the walls, While tomorrow waits to watch it all fall. [Chorus] Flowers for the living, flowers for the dead, Flowers for the words we should have said. Flowers for the laughter, flowers for the tears, Flowers for the people who disappear. I know, I know— Nothing stays. I know, I know— Everything decays. [Bridge] One by one. They disappear. One by one. The silence stays. [Instrumental Solo] [Final Chorus] Flowers for the living, flowers for the dead, Flowers for the dreams inside my head. Flowers for the laughter, flowers for the tears, Flowers for the ghosts I'll carry through the years. I know, I know— Nothing stays. I know, I know— Everything decays. [Outro] Flowers for the living. Before they leave me.