Afghan Flowers by Trapdoor Lyrics

Out in the fields
Colours shining high yield
They tower toward the sun
Bold beauty bright for everyone
It slowly morphed in time
Yellows and smoke inside their eyes

No sleepless nights?

Why do I see your face at all?
Afghan flowers changing colour for oil

What is this I see?
These blooms flashing right above?
They're tulips don't you see?
Just rest and lay your head on me
Self convince the right
As seeds are dropped down mid-flight

No sleepless nights?
Why do I see your face at all?
Afghan flowers changing colour for oil
How do you live with the guilt?
Afghan flowers shrivel up and wilt

A Honda drives to school
Trading the fuel for a blood pool
They're kicking down the door
Rifle by my neck, by my jaw
A bullet through a skull
On different shores the coffee mulls
How do you sleep? How do you sleep at all?

Afghan flowers changing colour for oil
Why do I see your face at all?
Who is next in the fatal draw?
Plastic soldiers in a pavement war