The Cheap Bouquet

Pierce The Veil · A Flair for the Dramatic [2007]

Stay young

And at the top of our lungs

Our hands are free

Our lives have just begun

It's getting dark we should go back

But what's the use if what you love is what you have

And I could die right now

For something beautiful to take me somewhere else

Oh, I try

But I can't calm down

As I drag myself along these severed hands

Are doing the very best they can

I'm gonna buy a cheap bouquet

Before it dies on the display

Gonna break down

Break down the better side of me

The better side of me

Well I know, I know

If I die young

Then we can wake up screaming in your bed

And our lungs are begging us to calm down

And I scare myself with all that talk of severing

Doing the best or so it seems

You've been mistaken

Your finger is on the scale

Burn like you never have before

Stop, drop and roll don't work in hell

So what if I forget regret

So what if I

So what if I forget regret

I want you to know that I

That I've wrote this line a thousand times

Forget regret

This must be the way it ends

Calm down

As I drag myself along these severed hands

Are doing the very best they can

As I drive my car into the sea

I taste you like a hammer through my teeth

Will someone tell me what it means

To be alive

It feels just like the feeling when you die

Oh, alright

I'm dead and I don't care if it's cold outside anymore

So come on

Let's have some fucking fun

The Cheap Bouquet

Released in 2007 on Pierce The Veil's debut album A Flair for the Dramatic, 'The Cheap Bouquet' stands as a defining track of the band's early emo-pop sound. The song blends melodic pop structures with the band's signature emotional intensity, utilizing layered vocals and atmospheric production to create a hauntingly beautiful listening experience. It captures the raw vulnerability and theatrical drama that characterized their discography during this formative era. As a staple of their catalog, the recording showcases the group's ability to merge pop sensibilities with the angst-driven themes typical of the genre, cementing their place in the post-hardcore and emo revival landscape of the late 2000s.