A flower starts to sprout Shines out brighter than any other Basking in the sun A symbol of two modern lovers A cloud starts to form The hurricane is sure to be coming The flower gets swept up The thief is running Used and abused, the flower is just a pawn The pollen's forced out, shooting out repetitions of the same song Polishing it with heroin, the show must go on The crowd eats it up, no one realises what is wrong Who really listened to the swan song of the one who sang all summer long They're falling in love, falling in love with winter thorns Casket brought out for flower's funeral day Underground it'll stay With the thunder far away Now it's gone