Lady Gaga - Tulips (Official Audio)

Lyrics: [Verse 1] You called at 2 a.m. on Sunday Your voice was smoke against the wire You said the years had made you different I heard the old match strike the fire I left the chain across the doorway Watched your shadow cross the glass You used to bring me armfuls of color As if red petals could erase the past You’d set them down beside my shoes Then vanish before the kettle sang By morning, all that filled the room Was water clouded in the vase [Pre-Chorus] Now every spring The ground gives you away Red heads rising through the dirt Where I buried your name [Chorus] Tulips, tulips on the floor Bright little mouths beside the door They open wide, then lose their shape Like all the things we couldn’t save Tulips, tulips in a glass Leaning toward a window full of rain You can leave your promises outside They don’t know this house anymore [Verse 2] I found your shirt behind the bed Still holding the shape of your shoulders For one strange second, I wore it And felt the room grow smaller Then I carried it down the stairs Past the marks we made on the wall The washing machine turned it over Until it looked like nothing at all My mother asked if you were well I watched a spoon turn in her tea I said, “I wouldn’t know these days” She let the silence answer me [Bridge] If you see me, don’t bring flowers Don’t dress the wound in borrowed words Some doors close without a thunder Some names fade out before they’re heard I used to think the end would find me With a siren, a scene, a sign But it came softly in the kitchen When I stopped checking for your car outside [Final Chorus] Tulips, tulips on the floor Still burning red beside the door They bend beneath the weight of rain Then lift their heads and bloom again Tulips, tulips in a glass I let the water turn to gray You can leave your promises outside They don’t know this house anymore