B L O S S O M . & . D E C A Y

L Y R I C S
You were born a seed
Quickly learned how to bleed
Got a little older
Got an average job
Life full of drugs and alcohol
You're finally the big star
That mentality won't get you very far

Blossom & Decay was written during the Mother Knows Best recording sessions. The main guitar riff has a striking resembalance to "Don't Fear The Reaper" by blue oyster cult (Kaylub wrote the song before he had even heard of BOC, making the whole experience quite frightening for him). The whole song was Kaylub kind of coming down on himself. Sort of a way for himself to tell him not to get a big head over the whole thing. He just decided that he

As babies become caged
As animals turn to their rage
You will grow to blossom & decay
Blossom with a pure mind
Decay with laws defied

You know how it felt
To have your pain delt
What's your life going to mean
Now that your music's clean
People look at you with nothing to say
You have become another blossom & decay

As babies become caged
As animals turn to their rage
You will grow to blossom & decay
Blossom with a pure mind
Decay with laws defied

Remember when you have nothing to say
You have become another blossom & decay
Blossom & Decay
Blossom & Decay

was getting to much enjoyment out of the whole thing so he decided to write a song coming down on himself. Perhaps he'd Blossom just to Decay.