In the Flowers

Animal Collective * Track #1 On Merriweather Post Pavilion

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Album Merriweather Post Pavilion

ALBUM

Animal Collective

2009

In the Flowers by Animal Collective

Release Date

Tue Jan 06 2009

Performed by

Animal Collective

Produced by

Geologist & Panda Bear & Avey Tare & Ben H. Allen III

Writed by

Geologist & Panda Bear & Avey Tare

About

The band commented at length about how their personal lives changed dramatically in the years leading up to and during the recording of Merriweather Post Pavillion. I’m not sure there’s a better introductory song from a lyrical and musical perspective for the album than this track.

In the Flowers Lyrics

[Intro]
(I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer
I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer
I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer
I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer
I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer
I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer
I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer
I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer
I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer
I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer
I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer
I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer
I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer
I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer
I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer
I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer
I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer
I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer
I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer
I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer
I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer
I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer
I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer
I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer)

[Verse 1]
Met a dancer
Who was high in a field from her movement
Caught my breath on my way home
Couldn't stop that spinning force
I felt envy
Everything around seemed to giggle glee
She walked up with a flower and I cared

[Verse 2]
Saw the dancer
Who gets wild to the beats of record rhythms
But I'm always away for weeks
That pass slow my mind gets lost
Feeling envy
For the kid who'll dance despite anything
I walk out in the flowers and feel better

[Bridge]
If I could just leave my body for the night

[Pre-Chorus]
Then we could be dancing
No more missing you while I'm gone
There we could be dancing
And you'd smile and say, "I like this song"
And when our eyes will meet then
We will recognize nothing's wrong
And I wouldn't feel so selfish
I won't be this way very long

[Chorus]
To hold you in time
To hold you in time
To hold you in time
To hold you in time

[Verse 3]
While we were dancing
Early hours, drunken days finally ended
And the streets turned for a pillowcase
Then I fumbled our good lock
Then the ecstasy
Turns to rising light through our windowpane
Now I'm gone, I left flowers for you there

In the Flowers Q&A

Who wrote In the Flowers's ?

In the Flowers was written by Geologist & Panda Bear & Avey Tare.

Who produced In the Flowers's ?

In the Flowers was produced by Geologist & Panda Bear & Avey Tare & Ben H. Allen III.