• Intro ba da ba da da da ah ya ya ba da da da ba ba ee ah Ba ya ya ba ba de ba da da da ah ya ya ba da ba da da da ah ya ya ba da da da ba ba ee ah Ba ya ya ba ba de ba da da da ah ya ya Ba ya ha ya ah ah ah ah ah ba ba ya ya ha ah ah ah ah ah ah ba da ba da da da ah ya ya ba da da da ba ba ee ah Ba ya ya ba ba de ba da da da ah ya ya ba da ba da da da ah ya ya ba da da da ba ba ee ah Ba ya ya ba ba de ba da da da ah ya ya Ba ya ha ya ah ah ah ah ah ba ba ya ya ha ah ah ah ah ah ah Verse 1 There used to be a greying tower alone on the sea. You became the light on the dark side of me. Love remained a drug that's the high and not the pill. Chorus 1 But did you know, That when it snows, My eyes become large and, The light that you shine can be seen. Chorus 2 Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey. ...kiss from a rose on the grey. Ooh, The more I get of you, Ooh................... Stranger it feels, yeah. And now that your rose is is in bloom. A light hits the gloom on the grey. Inter ba da ba da da da ah ya ya ba da da da ba ba ee ah Ba ya ya ba ba de ba da da da ah ya ya ba da ba da da da ah ya ya ba da da da ba ba ee ah Ba ya ya ba ba de ba da da da ah ya ya Ba ya ha ya ah ah ah ah ah ba ba ya ya ha ah ah ah ah ah ah Verse 2 There is so much a man can tell you, ..there....................woa... So much he can say. there's so much inside. You remain, you....... My power, my pleasure, my pain, baby To me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny.. yeah. Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby? Chorus 1 But did you know, That when it snows, My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen. Chorus 2 Baby, I've... I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey. been.............. kissed from a rose on the grey. Ooh, the more I get of you ...ooh...........the.. Stranger it feels, yeah stranger it feels, ...yeah. Now that your rose is in bloom. A light hits the gloom on the grey, Bridge I've been kissed by a rose on the grey, ...I've been.......................I've... I've been kissed by a rose ...been kissed by a rose on the grey. I've been kissed by a rose on the grey, ...I've been.......................I've... ...And if I should fall, at all I've been kissed by a rose ...been kissed by a rose on the grey. Verse 3 There is so much a man can tell you, ..there....................woa... So much he can say. there's so much inside. You remain you....... My power, my pleasure, my pain. To me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny, yeah (L) Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby. Chorus 1 But did you know, That when it snows, My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen. Chorus 2 Baby, I've... I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey. been.............. kissed from a rose on the grey. Ooh, the more I get of you ...ooh...........the.. Stranger it feels, yeah stranger it feels. Now that your rose is in bloom, A light hits the gloom on the grey. Yes I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey I've..........been kissed from a rose on the grey. Ooh, the more I get of you ...ooh...........the.. Stranger it feels, yeah stranger it feels. ...yeah. And now that your rose is in bloom aah-ee-aah... A light hits the gloom on the grey aah-ee-aah... Outro ba da ba da da da ah ya ya ba da da da ba ba ee ah Ba ya ya ba ba de ba da da da ah ya ya Now that your rose is in bloom, A light hits the gloom on the grey. Just btw it's not a rose on the grey, it's a rose on the grave... I agree with fireman24: I think the drugs thing is an extended metaphor for the high he gets from being in love so all the drug references *are* right, but he's comparing the love to a drug . He's so obsessed with this person he loves - who lights up his world when it seems at its darkest - that he's worried it may be unhealthy or even dangerous. He used to see himself as a "greying tower *alone* on the sea" but then she came along and made his darker side light. Love "remained" like a drug which made him feel high without him having to take a pill. "But" he says, when life is at its darkest ("when it snows") he is able to see that their love is more than that because she brightens up his world. He states plainly in the second verse that she is like a rose on a grave. A rose completely out of place (being a symbol of life (because it's a plant) and love, on a grave - the most gloomy thing imaginable. This means her love is just as out of place in his life which he sees as a grave. It's strange and out of place ("the stranger it feels, yeah") yet it brings light to the gloomy scene as flowers do at a cemetery. In the third verse he realises that if she ever left him he'd be completely destroyed: in this way she is like an addiction. There is so much that other men can offer her, yet she stays with him giving him power and pleasure but also pain (the rose metaphor again: even though gives pleasure, it also has thorns so gives pain) because he simply loves her too much, is obsessed with her too much, and cannot deny his addiction.

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