In the Flowers
Animal Collective Lyrics

Met a dancer who was high in a field from her movement
Found a carefree dancer who was enjoying her moves in a field

Caught my breath on my way home
Stopped for a moment to take a breath before heading home

Couldn't stop that spinning force
Couldn't resist the spinning feeling I had while watching the dancer

I felt envy
I felt jealous of the freedom and abandon the dancer was displaying

Everything around seemed to giggle
The environment appeared to be happy and joyful

You are up with the flower and I cared
You were dancing in the flowers and I was paying attention to you

If I could just leave my body for the night
If I could temporarily escape from reality

Then we could be dancing
We could be enjoying ourselves together

No more missing you while I'm gone
No more longing to be with you while I'm away

There we could be dancing
We could be having fun on the dance floor

And you'd smile and say, "I like this song"
You would express your enjoyment of the music with a smile

And when our eyes will meet there
When we make eye contact during the dance

We will recognize nothing's wrong
We will both feel happy and content

And I wouldn't feel so selfish
I wouldn't feel guilty about wanting to be with you

I won't be this way very long
These feelings of longing won't last forever

To hold you in time
To cherish and savor the moment with you

While we were dancing
As we moved our bodies to the beat

Early hours drunken days finally ended
The late night/early morning partying and drinking finally came to a close

And the streets turned for a pillowcase
The streets were empty and quiet enough to use as a pillow

Then I fumbled our good lock
I accidentally messed up the lock on our door

Then the ecstasy turns to rising light
The feeling of happiness and joy suddenly intensified

Through our windowpane, now I'm gone
Looking through the window, I had already left

I left flowers for you there
I left a physical reminder of our happy moment together