Tulips Lyrics

Gratefully awakened from troubled dreams

She lays siege to the day

Bent on its surrender

But not letting it escape

But the night stands behind a different chair

Rides in upon a different mare

Unwelcome

Like an eerie uncle

You try to avoid but still keeps turning up

Each hour and minute slip through our fingers

Like match-smoke in the air

Had them here solid in my hand

Now it's as if they were never there

But a flick from the tinderstick

Has the smoke retreating

See how all life is fleeting

But it's all right

No cause for worry

It isn't a problem cause it can't be solved

Aren't the tulips fantastic this year?

Isn't the cherry blossom the best you've ever seen?

Now your future is perfectly clear

Clear as your plate - licked clean

Do you feel you're constantly under attack?

You want someone to come to your aid but they won't?

Tulips are perennial, they're supposed to come back

Just sometimes they don't

So here we are, facing each other

Across No Man's Land

Neither side risking advance

Neither showing their hand

But this fight is one that can't be won

Pointing that gun at your own reflection

So just leave it

Stop wasting time

Cause that's the one thing that you won't get back

Aren't the tulips fantastic this year?

Isn't the cherry blossom the best you've ever seen?

Now your future is perfectly clear

Clear as your plate - licked clean

Do you feel you're constantly under attack?

You want someone to come to your aid but they won't?

Tulips are perennial, they're supposed to come back

Just sometimes they don't

Aren't the tulips fantastic this year?

Isn't the cherry blossom the best you've ever seen?

Now your future is perfectly clear

Clear as your plate - licked clean

Do you feel you're constantly under attack?

You want someone to come to your aid but they won't?

Tulips are perennial, they're supposed to come back

Just sometimes they don't

Just sometimes they don't