The Flowers 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 paper back mummy, what then? [ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/the-flowers-lyrics-regina-spektor.html ] I'm taking in a 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