Flowers

What I wanted was to fall asleep Close my eyes and disappear Like a petal on the stream A feather on the air Lily-white and poppy-red I trembled when he laid me out "You won't feel a thing," he said When you go down Nothing gonna wake you now Dreams are sweet Until they're not Men are kind, 'til-'til they aren't Flowers bloom until they rot And fall apart Is anybody listening? I open my mouth And nothing comes out Nothing Nothing gonna wake me now Flowers I remember Fields of flowers Soft beneath my hands Walking in the sun I remember someone Someone by my side Turn his face to mine Then I turned away Into the shade You the one I left behind If you ever walk this way Come and find me Lying in the bed I made