I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Still my heart the dawn is filled with tears
I never thought that I would find you here
Wait for me be merciful be kind
Embrace the joy in pain when love is blind
And if you cry just know that I would never say goodbye
If you speak of me just by chance
Or hear me calling through your next romance
I am the thorn that wants to be the closest to the rose you are
Kind of blue be virtuous at best
To know the pain of too much tenderness
And if you cry
Just know that I could never tell a lie
If you hear my voice just by chance
Or feel me touch you in a lover?s dance
I am the thorn that wants to be the closest to the rose you are
I am the thorn that wants to be the closest to the rose you are
And if you cry
Just know that I would never say goodbye
If you speak of me just by chance
Or hear me calling through your next romance
I am the thorn that wants to be the closest to the rose you are
I am the thorn that wants to be the closest to the rose you are
It?s always darkest just before the dawn
I never thought that I would find you here
Wait for me be merciful be kind
Embrace the joy in pain when love is blind
And if you cry just know that I would never say goodbye
If you speak of me just by chance
Or hear me calling through your next romance
I am the thorn that wants to be the closest to the rose you are
Kind of blue be virtuous at best
To know the pain of too much tenderness
And if you cry
Just know that I could never tell a lie
If you hear my voice just by chance
Or feel me touch you in a lover?s dance
I am the thorn that wants to be the closest to the rose you are
I am the thorn that wants to be the closest to the rose you are
And if you cry
Just know that I would never say goodbye
If you speak of me just by chance
Or hear me calling through your next romance
I am the thorn that wants to be the closest to the rose you are
I am the thorn that wants to be the closest to the rose you are
It?s always darkest just before the dawn
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The Rose N' Thorn Lyrics as written by Terri Lyne Carrington Mary Christine Brockert
Lyrics © SCHUBERT MUSIC PUBLISHING INC.
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