Superbloom Lyrics

In a beautiful town called Lake Elsinore

There were flowers in bloom like you'd never seen before

Fiery red hillsides that gleam in the sun

And don't belong to no one

So the people they came from far and from wide

And parked all their cars right by the roadside

Some wanted to wonder, and some wanted fame

Just wanted someone to remember their name

Sat down in the field for a photograph

Crushed a few flowers into the grass

But when thousands of people make a small sacrifice

Turns out there's a pretty steep price

If you care too much about how you appear

You'll forget to live in the now and the here

And when you hold on too tight to the way you want to seem

All you'll get is a field of trampled red poppies

It was a picture perfect scene until you zoomed out

Fights in the parking lot, screaming and shouting

But when all your perception comes through a screen

What does reality mean

So the mayor he panicked, said the end was nigh

The town was too crowded and he couldn't stand by

Asked all the tourists to "Leave, if you please"

So their lives could go on in peace

But the crowd didn't heed the mayor's plea

Snuck round the road blocks, swarmed through the trees

Whatever the cost they didn't seem to care

Just wanted to stop and to stare

If you care too much about how you appear

You'll forget to live in the now and the here

And when you hold on too tight to the way you want to seem

All you'll get is a field of trampled red poppies

Well when all that you want's a reflection of you

And looking out for yourself is all that you do

You can't trust your neighbor so you build a white fence

Who cares if they take offense