Over the Garden Roses
Blooming Beyond: Unveiling Life's Transitions in 'Over the Garden Roses'
Lyrics
Over the garden roses
Expressing a journey or experience beyond the pleasant imagery of garden roses.
Blooming by the stream
Highlighting the flourishing roses near a stream, suggesting beauty and vitality.
Over the sweetness of honey
Symbolizing sweetness, possibly in relationships or experiences.
cnd over all your dreams
Encompassing dreams, implying a connection to aspirations or desires.
Over the prairie where all the flowers go
Referring to a prairie where flowers thrive, presenting a metaphorical landscape.
cnywhere the window is open is everywhere she'll go
Suggesting openness and exploration, with the window symbolizing opportunities.
Tell me, oh tell your secrets
Inviting the sharing of secrets, creating an intimate atmosphere.
She whispers in the wind
Personifying the wind as a confidante for secrets, adding a mystical touch.
Feeling the tender bruises
Alluding to emotional scars or experiences that leave a mark.
She drew on your skin
Describing a tactile connection where drawings on the skin carry significance.
River, oh river can you not feel her grow?
Asking a river about the perceptible growth, possibly in connection to nature.
Tell me where did all the flowers go
Pondering the disappearance or changes in the metaphorical flowers (representing something beautiful).
Carving her way through the bark
Symbolizing overcoming obstacles or challenges by carving a path through bark.
Let her walk away, walk away
Encouraging someone to walk away from negative situations or influences.
In a blur
Describing a quick, possibly transformative, moment in a blur.
Finding her light in the dark
Finding positivity or hope in challenging or obscure situations.
Let her wash away, wash away
Encouraging a cleansing process to rid oneself of past burdens.
Everything you were
Highlighting the transformative effect on one's identity or past self.
Over the years
Reflecting on the passage of time and accumulated experiences.
She's picked more flowers than she could ever keep
Illustrating the abundance of experiences, possibly overwhelming in quantity.
One by one in the dim light
Describing a tender, soothing act of singing metaphorical flowers to sleep.
She sings them to sleep
Continuing the act of nurturing and caring for experiences or memories.
River, oh river why can i feel them go
Questioning the river's awareness of the passing of metaphorical flowers.
Make me see what you must never show
Asking the river to reveal hidden or unseen aspects.
Carving her way through the bark
Reiterating the idea of overcoming challenges and obstacles.
Let her walk away, walk away
Encouraging someone to move forward and leave behind difficulties.
In a blur
Describing a swift, possibly transformative departure in a blur.
Finding her light in the dark
Discovering positivity or enlightenment in challenging or obscure circumstances.
Let her wash away, wash away
Encouraging a cleansing process to remove the remnants of the past.
Everything you were
Emphasizing the transformative impact on one's identity or past self.
Carving her way through the bark
Repeating the theme of overcoming obstacles and challenges.
Let her walk away, walk away
Encouraging someone to move forward and detach from negative influences.
In a blur
Describing a quick, possibly transformative departure in a blur.
Finding her light in the dark
Finding positivity or hope in challenging or obscure situations.
Let her wash away, wash away
Encouraging a cleansing process to rid oneself of past burdens.
Everything you were
Highlighting the transformative effect on one's identity or past self.
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