Lyrics for In the Flowers as interpreted by Roofle

In the Flowers Lyrics
Met a dancer
Who was high in a field
From her movement
Caught my breath on my way home
Couldn't stop that sprinning force
I felt in me
Everything around seemed to giggle glee
She walked up with a flower and I cared

Got a dancer
Who gets wild to the beats of record rhythms
But I'm always away for weeks
That pass slow my
Mind gets lost
Feeling envy for the kid who'll dance despite anything
I walk out in the flowers and feel better

If I could just leave my body for the night:

Then we could be dancing
No more missing you while I'm gone
There we could be dancing
And you'd smile and say, "I like this song"
And when our eyes will meet there
We will recognize nothing's wrong
And I wouldn't feel so selfish
I won't be this way very long

To hold you in time
To hold you in time
To hold you in time
To hold you in time

While we were dancing
Early hours
Drunken days finally ended
And the streets turned for a pillowcase
Then I fumbled our good lock
Then the ecstasy turns to rising light
Through our windowpane
Now I'm gone
I left flowers for you there

Shhh
You're a dancer
I'm a dancer

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blahblah123123
12-27-2008

Rated +12 
that explosion at 2:30 is fucking epic

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birdablaze
12-28-2008

Rated 0 
animal collective is fucking epic. god i cannot believe i'm listening to this. this song is me right now

Then the ecstasy turns to rising light
Through our windowpane

Now I'm gone

I left flowers for you there

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mabonuob
12-29-2008

Rated 0 
I'm pretty sure the studio version goes "Oh out in the flowers and feel better".

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nominal
12-30-2008

Rated 0 
the lyrics on this album are nothing short of genius.

oh the praise. oh the gift. we should all buy the album.

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nominal
12-31-2008

Rated -1 
This album means Sean Smither.

LOLE!!!

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iawake
01-13-2009

Rated 0 
This song oozes awesome.

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punk*vixen
01-14-2009

Rated +1 
This song makes me cry.. Haha I love it.

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eating_for_you
01-14-2009

Rated 0 
"And when our eyes will meet there we will recognize nothing's wrong."

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mytwohands
01-16-2009

Rated 0 
I feel so much when I listen to this song. I want to cry, run, dance, sing, fly, scream. I want open fields. And all of the sudden all the emaciated bimbos around me don't matter. And the way I am doesn't matter. And the heat on the street doesn't matter. And everything's better, better than ever before.

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WithANailInMyEye
01-16-2009

Rated -1 
This song is mind blowingly awesome. Not much to discuss in way of meaning, it's obvious, but this song is amazing. The new album is amazing. I always loved AC but never thought they would reach this height. MWPP is comparable to albums like sergant peppers, pet sounds etc in terms of sheer awesomeness and groundbreaking sound. I swear they will go down in history and be remembered.

Could not make out alot of lyrics when listening, but reading them here, truly poetic. I once thought panda bear was the genius of the lot, but now i see avey tare is on the same level. beautiful.

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nominal
01-18-2009

Rated 0 
In the Flowers official

Met a dancer
Who was high in a field
From her movement
Caught my breath on my way home
Couldn't stop that spinning force
I felt in me
Everything around seemed to giggle glee
She walked up with a flower and I cared

Got a dancer
Who gets wild to the beats of record rhythms
But I'm always away for weeks
That pass slow my
Mind gets lost
Feeling envy for the kid who'll dance despite anything
Oh while out in the flowers I feel better

If I could just leave my body for the night

Then we could be dancing
No more missing you while I'm gone
There we could be dancing
And you'd smile and say, "I like this song"
And when our eyes will meet there
We will recognize nothing's wrong
And I wouldn't feel so selfish
I won't be this way very long

To hold you in time
To hold you in time
To hold you in time
To hold you in time

While we were dancing
Early hours
Drunken days finally ended
And the streets turned for a pillowcase
Then I fumbled our good lock
Then the ecstasy turns to rising light
Through our windowpane
Now I'm gone
I left flowers for you there

Shhh
You're a dancer
I'm a dancer

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Sunset Rubdown
01-23-2009

Rated +1 
when i listen to this song it feels like im falling in love.
this song is when of the most amazing things i have ever heard.
nothing can compare to animal collective.

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Thommytippy
01-26-2009

Rated 0 
Er, not sure if you know this or not, but this is actually the greatest song ever written. Ever.

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blanksky
01-26-2009

Rated 0 
i can't wait to see these guys in may

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Caelasma
01-28-2009

Rated 0 
This CD is indeed amazing. It reminds me very much of Feels, atleast in attitude. Strawberry Jam when it comes to style of music. And occasionally a little of the older stuff surfaces. It's like the culmination of all their work is this CD. Though that's not to say this is their best =x that's highly subjective, and they're still together so we will of course be getting more.

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undErneeth
01-28-2009

Rated 0 
I beleive it is the greatest song ever written too. i've never felt this way about a song. but this is superb.

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tripouts
02-02-2009

Rated 0 
so THATS how perfection sounds.

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musicaleuphoria
02-08-2009

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my interpretation

Author meets a girl dancer who he is moved by.
She dances to the rhythm with no care of the outside world (carefree = flowers)
He is envious of this raw emotion and would like to leave his busy world for a while.

-If I could just leave my body for the night -

They dance the night together
He understands it won't last forever so he hold her in time.
The morning comes and the dancing ends.



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musicaleuphoria
02-08-2009

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my interpretation

Author meets a girl dancer who he is moved by.
She dances to the rhythm with no care of the outside world (carefree = flowers)
He is envious of this raw emotion and would like to leave his busy world for a while.

-If I could just leave my body for the night -

They dance the night together
He understands it won't last forever so he hold her in time.
The morning comes and the dancing ends.



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SolidTurtle
02-16-2009

Rated 0 
it's all about the singer (not sure which it is lol) talking about how he met his wife and how much he loves her and misses her while on tour and what not, and how he wants to "leave his body for a night" and just be with her and it ends explaining how he had to leave her for another tour or whatever.

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torelli
03-05-2009

Rated 0 
I reckon solidturtle is bang on the money there; that is exactly how i interpret this. Heartbreaking stuff.

I can't actually stop listening to this album right now. I've always been a massive fan of theirs but this record is mind blowing. Its like a distillation of their back catalogue into a perfect ten on ten masterpiece. amazing vocal tit-for-tat going on between panda and tare aswell. and fuck me the lyrics! all nostalgia and domestic bliss . I never knew they could write such great love songs either (see bluish)

Easily the most exciting band on the planet.

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kappav2
03-12-2009

Rated 0 
What torelli has said sums up my thoughts.

This cd hasn't stopped playing. I take it from one car to the next, into my house, on my computer, and anywhere it will play.

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LandProductions
03-16-2009

Rated +1 
Alright this song is one of the most beautiful love songs ever created. When I hear this song I get so happy I feel like crying and laughing is the only way to show it off.
I never want to stop hearing this song it gives me the same feeling I get when I first heard Real Love by John Lennon. I just know that love is real even though my own experiences have told me other wise. This song makes living so fucking easy because every day that you listen to this song means everyday you know that love might just be around the corner.
If someone was to ban music I would hear this song even if it meant my death.
I needed to just express how much I love this song, thanks for reading.

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hojumcchang
05-14-2009

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He meets his wife, falls in love, but must leave to tour.
He wishes to leave his body, and spend a night with her while he is away.
They spend it laughing, dancing, talking.
He tells her that his selfishness of being in a band and leaving all the time will end at some point.
Their imaginary night ends and he returns to his body, but left a sign that he was there.
Flowers are their own way of communicating their entire life together, and how much it means to him.

The way the song is structured, it makes sense.
He's alone and yearning in the beginning, then when the song crashes into the heavy beat, they are together, spiritually, dancing and having fun and making love.
Then it's over, the song slows... he's gone, but not without leaving a reminder of their love.

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tonycollective
05-23-2009

Rated 0 
real booming bass. amazing with a good sound system, the build up is awesome it just explodes into full out ecstasy. epic

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