Orchid
It's your birthday
And your co-workers don't really know you
And so they bought you
A twelve dollar orchid
In a pot to small from the front of a Walmart
It's very pretty, so you say thank you
(Uh thanks)
I'm in your corner
I'm right in your corner of the office
Next to a picture of your dog (woof)
I'm not in a spot that gets any sunlight
It's very dry here
Oh god
I'm gonna die here
I'm just like you I am a flower in bloom
Don't hold me hostage in your boxes
Just to brighten up the room
I don't belong in here (no)
I won't last long, you'll see (oh)
Darling you are killing me
Darling you are killing me
It's been a rough day
You wanna leave but you stay even later
You need paper (sigh)
It's so exhausting
Doing the work that your boss says he's doing
And then telling him he's great.
You miss the grassland
Where you hunt down your prey hot and bloody
Yeah you're so hungry
(There's bagels in the breakroom)
You're not alone girl
We both slowly rot here together
Except one of us has legs
And it's not me
I'm just like you I am a flower in bloom
I miss the sun I miss the rain
I miss being not insane
I don't belong in here
One day I'll disappear
Is this all there is my dear?
Is this all there is my dear?
Eventually you recall that I'm not made of plastic
And give me ice cubes
(There you go buddy)
And I am grateful
For your cold cubic love and your breathing
Thanks for the carbon, sweetie
In a few months
You notice that my petals have all fallen
And you think that I'm dead
(Aw man)
But those are just my reproductive organs
I'm still green
I'm still alive
Don't throw me away
I'm just like you I can't believe that you'd do this after all we have been through
Darling I have feelings too
I can't bloom all the time
Surely you know I'm fine
Darling I am still alive
Darling I am still alive
Rotting in a garbage can with several other office plants
This is not the end for me
I can thrive in agony
I'm an extremophile
And my ancestors lived in bogs
Where the heat and the peat was so extreme that not even bacteria would eat you if you fell in and died
You'd be mummified
I don't need your pots
I don't need your containers
I can extract nutrients from the air
I don't care
I don't need you
I'll grow on all this garbage
And I join us hand in hand
Us half rotted garbage plants
Our roots form into spindly legs
We crawl across the concrete
Moving slowly, powered by hatred
Phalaenopsis, moth orchid
Know my name
You won't soon forget it
And your co-workers don't really know you
And so they bought you
A twelve dollar orchid
In a pot to small from the front of a Walmart
It's very pretty, so you say thank you
(Uh thanks)
I'm in your corner
I'm right in your corner of the office
Next to a picture of your dog (woof)
I'm not in a spot that gets any sunlight
It's very dry here
Oh god
I'm gonna die here
I'm just like you I am a flower in bloom
Don't hold me hostage in your boxes
Just to brighten up the room
I don't belong in here (no)
I won't last long, you'll see (oh)
Darling you are killing me
Darling you are killing me
It's been a rough day
You wanna leave but you stay even later
You need paper (sigh)
It's so exhausting
Doing the work that your boss says he's doing
And then telling him he's great.
You miss the grassland
Where you hunt down your prey hot and bloody
Yeah you're so hungry
(There's bagels in the breakroom)
You're not alone girl
We both slowly rot here together
Except one of us has legs
And it's not me
I'm just like you I am a flower in bloom
I miss the sun I miss the rain
I miss being not insane
I don't belong in here
One day I'll disappear
Is this all there is my dear?
Is this all there is my dear?
Eventually you recall that I'm not made of plastic
And give me ice cubes
(There you go buddy)
And I am grateful
For your cold cubic love and your breathing
Thanks for the carbon, sweetie
In a few months
You notice that my petals have all fallen
And you think that I'm dead
(Aw man)
But those are just my reproductive organs
I'm still green
I'm still alive
Don't throw me away
I'm just like you I can't believe that you'd do this after all we have been through
Darling I have feelings too
I can't bloom all the time
Surely you know I'm fine
Darling I am still alive
Darling I am still alive
Rotting in a garbage can with several other office plants
This is not the end for me
I can thrive in agony
I'm an extremophile
And my ancestors lived in bogs
Where the heat and the peat was so extreme that not even bacteria would eat you if you fell in and died
You'd be mummified
I don't need your pots
I don't need your containers
I can extract nutrients from the air
I don't care
I don't need you
I'll grow on all this garbage
And I join us hand in hand
Us half rotted garbage plants
Our roots form into spindly legs
We crawl across the concrete
Moving slowly, powered by hatred
Phalaenopsis, moth orchid
Know my name
You won't soon forget it
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Writer(s): Cameron Bright
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