bullets and roses
i've been too long turned away
with everything i've tried to say
and any beliefs i had
i never meant to make you mad
too old for me to stay
too young to run away
i've cried for way too long
and i'm sorry i was wrong
i won't cry again
so many lies since then
a bullet and a rose
in a clear glass vase
a bullet through my heart
the expression on your face
through all these years
i hope that you have known
i was sorry all along
about the things that i had blown
a bullet and a rose, come back home
they said that she was tough
never died when things were rough
emotional water runs
with the sound of 40 guns
a pact not kept
as soon as she wept
they thought that she was strong
couldn't wait till she was gone
they tried to tell the truth
who ever believed in youth?
a bullet and a rose
standing in the cold
a bullet through my mind
brings back the days of old
through all these years
i hope that you have known
i was sorry all along
about the things that i had blown
a bullet and a rose, come back home
can't escape the lies
even though i had tried
so long since i have smiled
haven't seen you in a while
looking through the tears
what was missing all these years?
tried to understand
no one to hold my hand
living on my own
can't stand to be alone
a bullet and rose
fading into black
a bullet through my soul
i'm never coming back
a bullet and a rose
tearing me apart
can't live for long like this
i always needed a new start
through all these years
you hoped that i have known
you forgave me all along
for the things that i had blown
a bullet and a rose, come back home
a bullet and a rose, come back home
crashing
where are you now
silently dreaming?
where have you gone
to escape the day?
who have you thought of
to be happy again?
who did you dream of
there as you lay?
what has become of
all yesterday's hopes?
what have you done
to deserve this pain?
are you like me
hopelessly drifting?
are you the one
that'll stand in the rain?
(chorus)
can't stop falling down
crashing through hope and prosperity
no one can help you now
no one to give life some clarity
there's no where to go
no one you can see
no one to stop or slow
you from crashing to eternity
won't you start to
imagine again?
how things could be if
you came away with me?
where do you want
to go to, my friend?
where could you go
to escape this city?
are there too many
questions to answer?
are there enough times
you just wanted to die?
can you hold on
just one more day?
can you still live
and try not to cry?
(chorus 2x)
hold the night
won't you please stay with me tonight
tell me that things will be all right
help to mend this lonley heart
and keep it from tearing me apart
oh please...please...stay with me
iI'll be lost forever if you leave
i'm already gone, if you don't believe
look behind these cold, dim eyes
through the mask and old disguise
please...please...believe me
would I lie to you
after all that I've been through
no one else cares anymore...
stay tonight and hold me here
shine in the dark, save me from my fears
nothing is the same
i was gone, but still you came...
to hold the night
and hold me tight, tonight
and hold the night, for me
and hold onto the light, tonight
tonight
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tomorrow never comes
painting pictures of a sky coast ready to be born
purple yellow dreams of yesterday's loss
but in the end they'll have to send
us home again
highway songs of yesterday singing
as the trees rush by
and i will always hear the muse
singing in the rain sunshine of a snowy day
tomorrow never comes
tomorrow never dies
tomorrow never says goodbye
tomorrow never lived
tomorrow never feared
tomorrow never comes
tomorrow never comes
green grass of another summer past
live the day away no worries
no rules no confines
as we ride along the fields
past the hills and down again
to the lakefront where home's been
said i'd come back to visit
never stayed for long
remember the 4th of july
remember gaudy christmas lights
remember when it was all so new
what happened besides lies and morbid truth
tomorrow never comes
tomorrow never is
tomorrow never spent its yesterdays
tomorrow says the moon but
today says the sun
and it's all the same
tomorrow never comes
tomorrow never comes
make us believe again
eternal summer days live on forever
when the sun sets
it's just another today
tomorrow never comes
tomorrow never lies
tomorrow never cries my tears
tomorrow never blind
tomorrow never here
tomorrow never comes
tomorrow never comes
tomorrow never comes
tomorrow never comes
tomorrow is never
just another winter
snowflakes falling around us
cigarette smoke memories arise
i don't care
i don't feel
except the cold, nothing here seems real
the sun is setting again
the plows are coming 'round the bend
all my dreams seem so less fake
it's just another winter by the lake
still hear the ghost sounds of the trains
down behind that small old bar
where have I been all these years?
where did this pain come from?
surely not the broken glass of the bottles
of vodka, gin and rum
the sunlight glints off the snow and glass
here I am again, freezing off my ass
hey Florida! Want some cold, it's yours to take
but we always love the cold, because
it's just another winter by the lake
the cigarette smoke ghosts speak on
and the blizzard outside rages on
and the music plays on
and the heat is on
and all along, I was just a pawn
the cold sunlight goes away
the frozen waters are here to stay
and the drunken-ass cars are sliding
trying to brake
but after all, it's just another winter
it's just another winter
it's just another winter...
winter by the lake
to the underground world of another psychotic poet
asked a question behind the light
our darkness hiding in the night
i wish i may i wish i might
i wish we may go down...
and down...
my friends, welcome to my world
the underground of minds
no one may escape
you're no longer of their kind
i want to change the world
i want to change it all
i want to change the world
adapt it to my fall
it was never my fault
i never wanted anything to do with it
living in decades past
can't much longer put up with this shit
you're eyes are shining bright
you're hiding behind their light
you always taught me right
i'll never give up without a fight
and fight...
my friends, take me down
and i'll return the favor
this soul is fading fast
what can you do to save her?
so you want to change the world
so you want to change it all
so you want to change the world
as you're answering the call
they're calling out from miles away
we run away getting nowhere fast
whatever we feel we stand for in spirit
it's just a matter of time, how much longer will we last...
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