Listen to In the Flowers by Animal Collective

In the Flowers

Animal Collective

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Avey Tare

Vocals

Geologist

Sampler

Panda Bear

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Brian Weitz

Songwriter

David Portner

Songwriter

Noah Lennox

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Animal Collective

Animal Collective

Producer

Aaron Ersoy

Assistant Engineer

Ben H. Allen

Producer

Lyrics

[Intro]

(I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer

I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer

I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer

I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer

I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer

I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer

I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer

I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer

I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer

I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer

I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer

I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer

I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer

I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer

I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer

I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer

I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer

I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer

I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer

I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer

I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer

I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer

I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer

I'm a dancer, I'm a dancer)

[Instrumental]

Met a dancer

Who was high in a field from her movement

Caught my breath on my way home

Couldn't stop that spinning force

I felt in me

Everything around seemed to giggle glee

She walked up with a flower and I cared

[Instrumental]

Saw the dancer

Who gets wild to the beats of record rhythms

But I'm always away for weeks

That pass slow my mind gets lost

Feeling envy

For the kid who'll dance despite anything

I walk out in the flowers and feel better

[Bridge]

If I could just leave my body for the night

[Instrumental]

Then we could be dancing

No more missing you while I'm gone

There we could be dancing

And you'd smile and say, "I like this song"

And when our eyes will meet then

We will recognize nothing's wrong

And I wouldn't feel so selfish

I won't be this way very long

[Chorus]

To hold you in time

To hold you in time

To hold you in time

To hold you in time

[Instrumental]

While we were dancing

Early hours, drunken days finally ended

And the streets turned for a pillowcase

Then I fumbled our good lock

Then the ecstasy

Turns to rising light through our windowpane

Now I'm gone, I left flowers for you there

Written by: Animal Collective

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