If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind
Eternal Hope: Flowers of Change
Lyrics
I will bring you flowers in the morning
I will present you with flowers in the morning.
Wild roses as the sun begins to shine
Specifically, wild roses as the sun starts to rise.
Sweet perfume and tiny jeweled baskets
Referring to sweet fragrance and small jeweled baskets.
If I thought you'd ever change your mind
This gesture would be made if there was a possibility of you changing your mind.
I would take you where the music's sweetest
I would take you to places where the music is most delightful.
Feed you winter foods and summer wine
I would provide you with nourishing winter foods and refreshing summer wine.
Show you things you've only seen in picture books
Show you sights that you have only encountered in picture books.
If I thought you'd ever change your mind.
This would happen if there was a chance of you changing your mind.
I would bring you happiness wrapped in a box and tied with a yellow bow
I would bring you happiness, symbolized by a gift wrapped in a box with a yellow bow.
I would bring you rainbow skies and summer rain to make your garden grow
The promise to bring colorful and positive elements like rainbow skies and summer rain to enhance your life.
And in the winter snow, my song would keep you from the cold
In winter, the singer's song would provide warmth and comfort in the snow.
But what use are flowers in the morning
Questioning the value of morning flowers when the garden they belong to is not under the singer's control.
When the garden they should grow in is not mine?
Expressing a sense of limitation or unfulfilled potential.
And what use is sunshine if I'm crying?
Raising the question of the usefulness of sunshine if the singer is in a state of sadness or crying.
My falling tears are mingling with the wine
Tears are mixing with the wine, suggesting emotional turmoil.
I would have brought you happiness wrapped in a box and tied with a yellow bow
A repetition of the earlier promise to bring happiness with a box and a yellow bow.
I would have brought you rainbow skies and summer rain to make your garden grow
Reiteration of the commitment to bring positive elements like rainbow skies and summer rain.
And in the winter snow, my song would keep you from the cold
Repeating the idea that the singer's song would provide warmth in the winter.
I will bring you flowers in the morning
Reaffirmation of the intention to bring morning flowers, specifically wild roses.
Wild roses as the sun begins to shine
A repetition of the earlier mention of wild roses in the morning.
Winter fruits and summer wine
Mention of winter fruits and summer wine as part of the offering.
sweet perfume and columbine
Reference to sweet perfume and columbine, adding to the sensory experience.
If I thought you'd ever change your mind
The entire gesture would be made if there was a possibility of you changing your mind.
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