Flowers are a plant’s sex organs, designed to lure pollinators into doing what plants, due to their immobility, cannot accomplish by themselves: to ensure that pollen (a plant’s sperm) is transferred to the female reproductive organs. Flower scents and colour patterns are all designed by evolution to be as attractive and memorable as possible, so as to outperform any competitors that might also vie for the services of pollinators. This song uses the interaction between flowers and bees as a metaphor for an impossible romantic relationship.
lyrics
Seeking dreams in angel flowers
Out of reach, across the water
She beckons with wily vines
Too far, too far
She sends pictures through the sky
Suspension points to mark the way
Sultry signs on shiny leaves
Find me, try me
Lose the way and fly by night
We have magic and the wind
Sleep, my flower, and twist my mind
If only I could just once see your shining heart
Burning bells and worship spurs
Chameleon spiders hide in light
Ultraviolet ultraviolence
No more, no more
Nectar gleams in faint starlight
Mirage of honey in desert flowers
But too many distracting colours
Too bright, too bright
Lose the way and fly by night
We have magic and the wind
Sleep, my flower, and twist my mind
If only I could just once see your shining heart
Morning comes, a cruel sunrise
Pictures fade in blinding light
The scent has left, it is too late
The flower, gone before I knew its real name
credits
from Strange Flowers,
released August 29, 2019
Lars Chittka: Lead Vocals / Guitar
Katie Green: Backing Vocals / Bass / Drum Programming
Rob Alexander: Lead Guitar / Drum Programming
Lyrics by Lars Chittka
Music by Lars Chittka, Katie Green, and Rob Alexander
Produced and mixed by Rob Alexander @the Batcave, London, 2019
We are an alternative rock band from London, consisting of bee scientist Lars Chittka and musicians Katie Green and Rob Alexander (Butterflies on Pins)
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