| The Rolling Stones – Dead Flowers Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I could see how the "dead flowers" thing can be interpreted as junk use, though I don't think this song's about that. I think the song is about someone who thinks they're above you, treating you like shit at every turn, hence the " send me dead flowers in the morning, by the mail, at my wedding ", basically saying at every opportunity this person is sending an insult to the reciever. To send someone flowers is generally taken as a message of love, beauty and vitality, where to send someone "dead" flowers is a message of completely the opposite, one of disdain, negativity and contempt, and insult on the lower ebb of things. And the resolution of the song is in the lyric " and I wont forget to put roses on your grave ". Basically a way of saying " screw you " but with class. The writer is saying two things : He is going to outlive the subject and he's not going to lose his class and/or integrity and will still put "roses" on their grave. There's my 2c anyway. One of my all-time fav. stones tracks! :) |
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