Endless Refrain - Shrapnel Flowers - (Official Lyric Video)

From "Still Standing" released 14th November 2024.

All links http://EndlessRefrain.com

Shrapnel Flowers Lyrics

I grew her fragrant flowers, cheery and sweet
I delicately placed them between the toes on her feet
She shot them back like her words,
Claiming the flowers smelt like turds
Loving her in sickness and for worse
Sometimes felt less like a blessing
And more like a curse
Her legs were smooth as rain
But she was so prickly causing pain
Reaching out to her with love was risky
She only lowered her defences when feeling frisky

My promises still stand
Powered by the love in His hands
I'll continue to give love expecting nothing back in return
For the example I live by is one you can't earn
I'll continue to pick up my cross getting splinters in my fingers
Writing her love letters even though she torches them to cinders

Not willing to give up, more flowers I grew
If only she could smell their scent, if only she knew
I watered them till they were big and bright
I gave them to her, not the only beauty in my sight
Again I copped a barrage as the flowers shrunk
Her words as offensive as the scent of a skunk
The lies flew from her mouth like a hurricane
But I faced the storm seeing behind it, her pain

My promises still stand
Powered by the love in His hands
I'll continue to give love expecting nothing back in return
For the example I live by is one you can't earn
I'll continue to pick up my cross getting splinters in my fingers
Writing her love letters even though she torches them to cinders

I continued to grow her flowers praying one day she would see
That the way it had been, wasn’t the way it had to be
Every ray of sun, every drop of rain, a chance to let go of her pain
But no matter how much I gave, she flushed it down the drain
I imitated the best example of love I knew
Even when her pain left me feeling blue
I wonder if the end of romance movies,
Was the beginning and not the end
How many less broken hearts would there be to mend
If they showed real sacrifice rather than lust and infatuation
Would we be a happy rather than hurting a nation

My promises still stand
Powered by the love in His hands
I'll continue to give love expecting nothing back in return
For the example I live by is one you can't earn
I'll continue to pick up my cross getting splinters in my fingers
Writing her love letters even though she torches them to cinders

I’m still carrying my cross,
Living in obedience to the Boss
Loving her as he loves me,
Forgiving her as he forgives me
Trusting him when all seems lost
Submitting to His will no matter the cost
I prayed for her night and day
Even though she kept throwing love away
I prayed that she would know His love and peace
And in surrendering to Him, her pain and fear would cease

My promises still stand
Powered by the love in His hands
I'll continue to give love expecting nothing back in return
For the example I live by is one you can't earn
I'll continue to pick up my cross getting splinters in my fingers
Writing her love letters even though she torches them to cinders

So when I’m at the other end from my birth
Please pick some fresh flowers from His beautiful earth
Don’t leave them where I last stood
Please give them to her if she’s still in your neighbourhood
Maybe one day she will see her reflection in their petals
And not give them back to you like little pieces of metal.

My promises still stand
Powered by the love in His hands
I'll continue to give love expecting nothing back in return
For the example I live by is one you can't earn
I'll continue to pick up my cross getting splinters in my fingers
Writing her love letters even though she torches them to cinders.

From "Still Standing" released 14th November 2024.

All links http://EndlessRefrain.com