The Flowers have Teeth

The girl who spoke to flowers (Part II)

Intro

Did you hear that?

Something moved beneath the dirt

You buried a girl

You should have checked the grave

Verse 1

There's dirt beneath my fingernails

A head full of ghosts and forgotten fairytales

I heard the church bells counting me out

So I clawed through the earth just to drown them out

Verse 2

My pretty little garden was a beautiful lie

I kept dead things alive while I withered inside

I wore my sweetness like a second skin

But even the prettiest cages keep you locked in

Pre-Chorus

You left the light on

You locked the gate

You thought I'd stay there

You thought I'd break

Chorus

But something's growing underneath

I'm back from the buried

With thorns in my teeth

The girl that you buried

Is not what you see

No more pretty little petals

No more bending in the breeze

You can keep your fairytale

I was never yours to keep

I'm not your little flower

I'm the roots beneath your feet

You buried something beautiful

Now the flowers have teeth

Verse 3

I tore the lace from the life I wore

Kicked the hinges off the garden door

The birds flew silent when I learned to roar

And nothing grows the way it did before

Verse 4

I don't need a prince, I don't need a crown

I don't need permission to tear walls down

Keep your little rules and your porcelain grace

I've grown a set of thorns you can't erase

Pre-Chorus

You called me fragile

You called me sweet

You never thought I'd

Get back on my feet

You should have left me sleeping

Chorus

I'm back from the buried

With thorns in my teeth

The girl that you buried

Is not what you see

No more pretty little petals

No more bending in the breeze

You can keep your fairytale

I was never yours to keep

I'm not your little flower

I'm the roots beneath your feet

You buried something beautiful

Now the flowers have teeth

Bridge

I remember the girl

With the flowers in her hair

The one who made wishes

And left magic everywhere

She wasn't weak

She wasn't wrong

She just stayed too quiet

In a world too loud

I won't erase her

I won't pretend

But she was the beginning

Not where I end

You wanted a flower?

You got a weed

You wanted a doll?

You got something wild

You wanted the girl

Who would never disagree?

She's six feet under

And she's finally free

Chorus

I'm back from the buried

And I'm done with grieving

The girl that you buried

Gave roots to something breathing

No more pretty little petals

No more begging to be seen

I have grown beyond your garden

And I'll grow through anything

I'm not your little flower

I'm the thorns you couldn't keep

You buried something beautiful

Now the flowers have teeth

Outro

Once upon a time

There lived a girl who spoke to flowers

She still does

They just learned to bite