Dead Flowers

Verse 1

I sit in front of the mirror paint the perfect red

A masterpiece of glamour with a spirit in the bed

I curl the hair I smooth the dress I step into the light

A walking talking portrait of a girl who's doing right

Everybody stops and stares when I come through the door

They love the way I carry all the shadows on the floor

They tell me I'm glowing they tell me I'm a dream

But they can't hear the silence where my soul is trying to scream

Pre-Chorus

Perfectly preserved behind a pane of shiny glass

A beautiful museum piece just waiting for the crash

I don't have any heartbeat I don't have any breath

Just mascara on the face of sudden death

Chorus

Yeah I'm feeling like dead flowers

Hollowed out and dry

I've been dying by the hour right in front of their eyes

The roots are broken the color's fading out

I'm choking on the quiet while the whole room tries to shout

Nothing left to give and nothing left to hide

I am totally completely dead on the inside

But hey at least I'm still pretty on the outside

Post-Chorus

(Pretty on the outside)

At least I'm still pretty

(Pretty on the outside)

Mm at least I'm still pretty

Verse 2

You can hang me from the ceiling dry me out like lavender

Turn me to an aesthetic make the edges just a blur

People love a tragedy as long as it looks good

As long as I am standing in the places that I should

I'm a centerpiece of sorrow a bouquet of all my fears

Watering my own reflection with a couple crystal tears

They smell the faded perfume but they never see the rot

They just admire the ribbon that is tied around the knot

Pre-Chorus

Perfectly preserved behind a pane of shiny glass

A beautiful museum piece just waiting for the crash

I don't have any heartbeat I don't have any breath

Just mascara on the face of sudden death

Chorus

Yeah I'm feeling like dead flowers

Hollowed out and dry

I've been dying by the hour right in front of their eyes

The roots are broken the color's fading out

I'm choking on the quiet while the whole room tries to shout

Nothing left to give and nothing left to hide

I am totally completely dead on the inside

But hey at least I'm still pretty on the outside

Post-Chorus

(Pretty on the outside)

At least I'm still pretty

(Pretty on the outside)

Mm at least I'm still pretty

Bridge

Don't touch the petals they'll crumble into dust

Don't look too closely at the velvet and the rust

I am running on an empty tank living on a ghost

I'm the most beautiful phantom that they ever get to host

I wish somebody noticed that the soil went dry

But they just take their pictures as they slowly walk on by

Chorus

'Cause I'm feeling like dead flowers

Hollowed out and dry

I've been dying by the hour right in front of their eyes

The roots are broken the color's fading out

I'm choking on the quiet while the whole room tries to shout

Nothing left to give and nothing left to hide

I am totally completely dead on the inside

But hey at least I'm still pretty on the outside

Post-Chorus

(Pretty on the outside)

At least I'm still pretty

(Pretty on the outside)

Yeah at least I'm still pretty

Outro

A dried-up rose in a silver cup

Perfectly still

Perfectly dead