1) Treehouses is an indie pop band from Dublin

2) Treehouses are a … Read Full Bio ↴1) Treehouses is an indie pop band from Dublin

2) Treehouses are a four-piece indie-rock band making music that both breaks your heart and patches it back up again. Lush female/male harmonies sit amongst a collage of spoken word, romantic synth swells and guitar lines that emerge with a sound consistently described as entirely unique in the landscape of Australian music.

Roses
Treehouses Lyrics

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Dazed and in a pair of arms too familiar to be anyone′s but my own
Davey speaks across the hallway to my mother in a different room

Roses in our dinner, roses in our heads again

Follow me into the river, finally we're alone

Unsure of consequences my actions slip out

Around misguided thoughts and selfish ideas
Contemplating mortal spirits I sit and wait in anhedonia
Tongue tired painting nails I′ve
Bitten again despite your warnings of boredom

I see myself knee deep in the ocean
I'm sorry if I leave you

Always waiting

Roses in our dinner, roses in our heads again

Nothing sounds more like love then crying in a
Restaurant with the same pair of eyes looking back at you
Coming home to you I follow you far past the last tram
Stop to roses in our dinner, to roses in our heads again

I see myself knee deep in the ocean
I see myself far away from here
I'm sorry if I leave you
I′m sorry if I leave you or if I stick around

Use me up
Feast on my bones and my flesh
Kill me quicker
You′ll be sicker

Roses in our dinner, roses in our heads again
Wait until it's over, tell me I′ll be there again
Unsure of consequences my actions slip out
Around misguided thoughts and selfish ideas
Longing for and missing are
Different, instincts are there for a reason
Contemplating mortal spirits I sit and wait in anhedonia
Hating myself and wondering why I'm
Different in ways I′ve lost my mind before
I'm heeding the feeling I′m pleading for reasons to tell myself that
I'm happy or normal or coping or breathing in some way
I've seen and been fearing I′m nearing I′m hearing it's over

I see myself knee deep in the ocean
I see myself far away from here

Less connected and drifting apart
Is our fate to be locked apart

I′m sorry if I leave you
I'm sorry if I leave you

Let me get drop my cigarette high every fucking night

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Roses" by Treehouses revolve around a relationship that is falling apart despite the couple's attempts to hold on to it. The first verse describes the singer in the arms of someone too familiar to be anyone else but herself. She overhears her friend Davey speaking to her mother in another room, highlighting a sense of disillusionment with her surroundings. The following lines, "Roses in our dinner, roses in our heads again. Follow me into the river, finally we're alone" suggest a desire for escapism from reality and its mundaneness.

The second verse sees the singer contemplating her actions, acknowledging her selfishness and misguidance. She's painting her nails, and despite warnings from a loved one, she still bites them out of boredom. The line "I see myself knee-deep in the ocean, I'm sorry if I leave you" suggests that she's struggling to keep her head above the water and that she's afraid of hurting the person she's with. However, she also acknowledges that the relationship is shaky and says, "Always waiting."

As the song progresses, it becomes clear that the relationship is not healthy, with the singer acknowledging that she's sorry she'll leave the person but also apologizing for sticking around. The line "Feast on my bones and my flesh, kill me quicker, you'll be sicker" indicates a sense of self-loathing and the desire to be free from the constraints of the relationship.

In conclusion, "Roses" by Treehouses is a complex and emotionally charged song that delves into the intricacies of a relationship that is declining. It's a heart-wrenching story of a person who's struggling to keep afloat in a world that's increasingly difficult to navigate.

Line by Line Meaning

Dazed and in a pair of arms too familiar to be anyone′s but my own
Confused and in somebody else's embrace that is so familiar that it feels like my own

Davey speaks across the hallway to my mother in a different room
Davey is speaking to my mother who is in a different room down the hallway

Roses in our dinner, roses in our heads again
The symbol of roses is recurrent in our thoughts and in our meals

Follow me into the river, finally we're alone
Come with me to the river, where we can finally be alone

Unsure of consequences my actions slip out
I am unsure about the consequences of my actions, which leads me to make mistakes

Around misguided thoughts and selfish ideas
My misguided thoughts and selfish ideas contribute to my poor decision-making

Contemplating mortal spirits I sit and wait in anhedonia
I am reflecting on the concept of mortal spirits and waiting in a state of anhedonia, or the inability to experience pleasure

Tongue tired painting nails I′ve bitten again despite your warnings of boredom
I am tired from painting my nails and biting them again, despite being warned about the futility of this activity

I see myself knee deep in the ocean
I imagine myself standing in the ocean, the water up to my knees

I'm sorry if I leave you
I apologize in advance if I leave you

Always waiting
I am constantly waiting

Nothing sounds more like love then crying in a Restaurant with the same pair of eyes looking back at you
There is nothing that evokes more feelings of love than crying in a restaurant while looking into the eyes of the same person

Coming home to you I follow you far past the last tram Stop to roses in our dinner, to roses in our heads again
Upon coming home to you, I follow you beyond the last tram stop to find roses in our dinner and once again, in our thoughts

Use me up Feast on my bones and my flesh Kill me quicker You′ll be sicker
Consume me quickly, both my physical and emotional being, and you will only make yourself ill

Wait until it's over, tell me I′ll be there again
Please wait until everything is over and reassure me that everything will be alright in the end

Longing for and missing are Different, instincts are there for a reason
Yearning for someone and missing them are not the same thing, and our natural instincts are telling us something important

Hating myself and wondering why I'm Different in ways I′ve lost my mind before
I despise myself and question why I am different in ways that have driven me to the brink of losing my sanity before

I'm heeding the feeling I′m pleading for reasons to tell myself that I'm happy or normal or coping or breathing in some way
I am acknowledging the feeling of longing and pleading to find reasons to convince myself that I am happy, normal, or simply surviving

I've seen and been fearing I′m nearing I′m hearing it's over
I have witnessed and been scared that the end is near, and now I am hearing that it's really over

Less connected and drifting apart Is our fate to be locked apart
Our relationship is growing distant and we are drifting apart, and it seems inevitable that we will be separated

I'm sorry if I leave you
Again, I apologize in advance if I leave you

Let me get drop my cigarette high every fucking night
Allow me to smoke a cigarette every night and feel alive again

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