Petals Lyrics - Kidsticks - Beth Orton

Petals pour from themselves in a synchronized swim 

They'd been held to the stem as though holding their breath 

Collectively they agree to exhale and be free 

Now one after another they tumble silently 

Oblivious to me 

The ashes of last night 

Sigh into a heap 

Petals pour from themselves in a synchronized swim 

I am woken in a moment as they break the air 

Disintegrate integrate with resigned grace 

Lining up to jump they remind me of tears 

Sudden and many fall 

I look to you 

Your empty chair 

And then I remember Why there's lilac in the air 

My tears well up and cry for you 

My tears well up and cry for you 

My tears well up and cry for you 

My tears well up and cry for you 

There's wet in my hair and I never knew 

My tears well up and cry for you 

My tears well up and cry for you 

My tears well up and cry for you 

My tears 

My tears 

My tears 

My tears 

My tears 

These are my tears 

My tears, my tears 

My tears