Weeds
Marina the Diamonds Lyrics

Could have filled a garden
You gave me a lot of flowers, but we never had anything real.

With all the flowers that you gave me
Talking about the flowers that were gifted to her by her past partner.

But none of them were ours
The flowers were not symbolic of their relationship because they never had a real connection.

You know the problem with history
The issue with the past is that it keeps coming back no matter what.

It keeps coming back like weed
Just like weeds that grow back every time, the past keeps showing up in her life.

And when nothing feels enough
Even after receiving the gifts, they didn't make up for the lack of true feelings and connection.

At least you taught me how to love
Despite their history, she learned how to love from him.

How to love, love
Love is something she learned from him and will always be with her.

But he keeps growing back
The memories and feelings of her past relationship keep resurfacing.

Baby, just open your eyes to see
The artist is finally accepting and acknowledging that she is struggling with her past and needs to face it head-on.

He's growing from inside me
The feelings of her past relationship are becoming a part of her and affecting her present life.

And I just don't know what I can do
She is troubled and unsure of how to cope with her past relationship affecting her present state of mind.

I thought I cut him at the root
She thought she had dealt with the problem completely and put it behind her.

I miss all of my exes
She is reminiscing about all her past relationships.

They're the only ones that know me
The singer feels she was more vulnerable with her exes and shared parts of herself she doesn't with anyone else.

And God knows that sex is
Sex is a coping mechanism to make her feel less lonely.

A way to feel a bit, a little bit less lonely
Sex is a temporary solution that makes her feel less lonely in the moment.

Yeah, I tried to keep it covered up
She has tried to hide the fact that she is dealing with the after-effects of her past relationship from others.

But now I think my time is up
She is realizing she can no longer avoid or hide the problem and must deal with it.

Yeah, yeah
An expression of heightened emotion and emphasis.

Baby, baby, baby, baby
An expression of longing and need.

Like weeds
Her past relationship is like weeds that keep resurfacing and troubling her.

Like weeds
Emphasizing how much her past relationship affects her and how it keeps growing back no matter what.

Like weeds
Repeating the metaphorical comparison of her past relationship to weed.

Yeah, yeah
An expression of heightened emotion and emphasis.

Baby, baby, baby, baby
An expression of longing and need.