The Song:To feel more authentic, Beck filled out his
Song Reader book with fragments of songs, fictional album collections, and made-up song titles. "Picking Pretty Flowers (For Your Grave)" is listed as part of the collection of "songs from the afterlife,"
Ye Midnight Stars.
Many of the made-up song titles are references to older sheet music/songs, but best I can tell most of the
Ye Midnight Stars are not exactly. They are more jokey punchlines, silly phrases about death or heaven.