Of Monsters and Men have released a new song titled Wild Roses. Available for download and streaming, this is the second single off their upcoming album, Fever Dream. The dance-pop track follows the leading single off the album, “Alligator”, which has just risen to No.1 on Billboard‘s Adult Alternative Songs airplay chart.
Wild roses is an upbeat, dance sound from the folk-rock band, with intimate vocals and lyrical influence from mythologist. “The song shows an introverted side to the album and is influenced by a bit of dance music and Joseph Campbell’s ‘The power of myth and what it is like to lean into your sadness,’” co-vocalist Nanna Hilmarsdóttir said in a statement.
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“Wild Roses” Lyrics:
Wild roses on a bed of leaves
In the month of May
I think I wrote my own pain
Oh don’t you
Down by the creek I couldn’t sleep
So I followed a feeling
Sounds like the vines they are breathing
I’ve seen the way the seasons change
When I just give it time
But I feel out of my mind
All the time
In the night I am wild-eyed
And you got me now
Oh roses they don’t mean a thing
You don’t understand
But why don’t we full on pretend
Oh won’t you
Before I closed my eyes I saw a moth in the sky
And I wish I could fly that high
Oh don’t you
A serpent on a bed of leaves
In the month of May
What do you want me to say
That you keep me still
When all I feel is an aimless direction
When I think I’m losing connection
I see you
In the night I am wild-eyed
And you got me now
Dim the lights, we are wild-eyed
And you got me now
Oh roses they don’t mean a thing
You don’t understand
But why don’t we full on pretend
Oh won’t you
Before I closed my eyes I saw a moth in the sky
And I wish I could fly that high
Oh don’t you
In the night we are wild-eyed
And you got me now
Dim the lights, we are wild-eyed
And you got me now
In the night I am wild-eyed
And you got me now