SUBTERRANEAN ROSES

There in the deepest night and in the coldest light
I walk all alone, a dog without a bone
standing on my own without love.

Here with the deafest call, there at the baldest wall
I stand all alone, a dog without a bone
living on my own without love.

Without love, but hope has left a spark
without love, but in the wee small hour
no one dares to break the flower
although one gray morning may come with no warning
and carry away the dream.

Subterranean roses - fading in the dark
subterranean roses - never hear the sound of the morning lark
subterranean roses - fading like a scheme
subterranean roses - are promises you never can redeem.

Here in this heartless place with all my useless grace
I break all alone, a dog without a bone
dying on my own without love.

Without love, but hope has left ...

Subterranean roses - fading in the ...

Fading the roses - vanishing the gleam
hurting without thorns - vanishing the dream:
Subterranean roses - fading in the ...


© by Norman Alexander

...zu hören in dem Album "Colour My Window" von Mellow Melange