DANCING ON ROSES

I took a rollercoaster ride on the highest tide
Danced to its rhythm, it gave me the words that rhymed
I'd still erase so many days if i only could
Like the ones when you knifed my back....
...like no friend should

If man's life is sometimes cruel, death is even more
Wait for the punchline and it may never come
Sometimes all somebody needs is a second chance
I'd give it all up to you

Dancing on roses
No time to smell their scent
Forever stretching my youth
I don't know where it went

Dancing on roses
Deaf, dumb and blind
Don't let the life pass you by

Everything I ever wrote ends up in a blue note
Wait for the punchline and it may never come
We pay to play, we play to lose
We lose for good settling on truth number two

Dancing on roses
No time to smell their scent
Forever stretching my youth
I don't know where it went

Dancing on roses
Deaf, dumb and blind
Don't let the life pass you by

And now I've downed my hourglass, I'm sorry yours too
Farewell for now, we've had our time my friend
Those days disappear from view
I guess we both knew
We're after the same rainbow's end

Dancing on roses
No time to smell their scent
Living a lie won't get you by
You're much too young to die

Dancing on roses
Deaf, dumb and blind
Don't let your life pass you by
Goodbye