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Songs

The Flowers

Description

"The Flowers" is a song orginally composed, performed, recorded, and released by Regina Spektor. The song was first performed live on 2002-12-19 at Tonic in New York, NY. "The Flowers" was first released on the LP Soviet Kitsch on 2003-05-02. Over a year later, the song would also be featured as a co-single on the release Your Honor & The Flowers, released on 2004-11-22.

"The Flowers" continued to be played peridoically until its final performance on 2013-04-10 at Credicard Hall in São Paulo, Brazil. One of of these live performances was officially recorded and released as a pre-order bonus exclusive to iTunes on the LP Far, released on 2009-06-21. This version has since been made available on more platforms but is not accessible from many geographies.

"The Flowers" is notable for its interpolation of the traditional Jewish folksong "Hava Nagila". "The Flowers" and its use of "Hava Nagila" is discussed by Regina in the film Hava Nagila: The Movie released on 2012-07-12.

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Lyrics

The flowers you gave me are rotting
And still I refuse to throw them away
Some of the bulbs never opened quite fully
They might so I'm waiting and staying awake
Things I have loved I'm allowed to keep
I'll never know if I go to sleep
The papers around me are piling and twisting
Regina the paperback mummy
What then?
I'm taking the knife to the books that I own
And I'm chopping and chopping and boiling soup from stone
Things I have loved I'm allowed to keep
I'll never know if I go to sleep
Things I have loved I'm allowed to keep
I'll never know if I go to sleep

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Song Facts

Release Status:

Released

Originally By:

Original

Collaborators:

Solo

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Written:

Unknown

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Time Between First and Last Performance:

about 21 years and 7 months

# of Appearances on Official Releases:

3

# of Times Performed Live:

96

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