"Lilacs" lyrics

"Lilacs"

I wake up feeling nothing, camouflage the wavering sky
I sit at my piano, wander the wild whereby
And the lilacs drink the water, and the lilacs die
And the lilacs drink the water, marking the slow slow slow passing of time

I get so angry, baby, at something you might say
I dream about an awful stranger, work my way through the day
I run it like a silent movie, I run it like a violent song
I run it like a voice compelling, so right it can't be wrong

If I'm a broken record, write it in the dust, babe
I'll fill myself back up like I used to do
And if my bones are made of delicate sugar
I won't end up anywhere good without you...
I need your love too

When I live a sparse existence, I'll drop down in the fold
Lean in to an urgent falter, spin silence into gold
I run it like the crop of kismet, I run it like a dilettante
I run it like I'm happy, baby, like I got everything I want

If I'm a broken record, write it in the dust, babe
I'll fill myself back up like I used to do
And if my bones are made of delicate sugar
I won't end up anywhere good without you
I won't end up anywhere good without you...
I need your love too

And the lilacs drank the water
And the lilacs drank the water
And the lilacs drank the water...


Writer(s): Kathryn Crutchfield
"Lilacs" is the second single from Waxahatchee's fifth studio album "Saint Cloud". The song was premiered on February 17, 2020, accompanied by a music video made by Ashley Connor, Katie Crutchfield and Marlee Grace. The video was filmed at Basilica Hudson in New York.
Katie Crutchfield described this song as such, "It's about backsliding into old behaviors that don't serve you and sort of letting your worst self get the best of you."
Announcing this track on Twitter on 02/18/2020, Katie Crutchfield posted the following message "today i'm happy to share my song 'lilacs' + a video i made w the brilliant Ashley Connor starring my dear bff @havecompany its one of my fav songs from 'saint cloud'".
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