True love is a rose,
Behind glass that's locked and kept closed.
Maybe just to me,
'Cause my heart's been attacked
and shattered by tough love, bad love.
So I bought mine off the street.
True love, man, it just can't be beat.
I felt so complete;
Married to heavenly bodies above.
And each night, I'd look up at a bright honeymoon.
'Cause it sure seemed built to last,
Even after my honeymoon passed.
I kept right with it, man,
Like a ghost to the house it once haunted.
Day after day, I'd steal with my true love away.
To some hide-out we left undisturbed,
We could do what we wanted.
But I started to feel like a liar,
Saying I love you.
She was madly in love or mad at me,
There was no in between.
I raised my alarm.
Found that I can't make a stand,
I'm her hired hand.
I have to do harm.
One day, I got sick.
She played me a nasty old trick.
Said, "I need cigarettes";
Walked around the block,
Caught a cab.
Stayed gone for too long,
My love had gotten so strong.
Just to try being back on my own,
I had to go to rehab.
All I need is a safe place to bleed.
Is this where it's at?
A ghost of a chance, steps in a dance,
Rest of my life spent in combat.
Now I'm the king of the ward,
'Cause I'm good and I swallow my sword,
And puke it out for the doctor to write a new prescription.
Tranquil as a dove.
People that have lost their true love,
They all seem to fit the same description.
I feel cold, useless, and old.
I wish I was no one.
Take me home, my love.
Take me home today.
Take me out of this place.
Take me out with you today.
Behind glass that's locked and kept closed.
Maybe just to me,
'Cause my heart's been attacked
and shattered by tough love, bad love.
So I bought mine off the street.
True love, man, it just can't be beat.
I felt so complete;
Married to heavenly bodies above.
And each night, I'd look up at a bright honeymoon.
'Cause it sure seemed built to last,
Even after my honeymoon passed.
I kept right with it, man,
Like a ghost to the house it once haunted.
Day after day, I'd steal with my true love away.
To some hide-out we left undisturbed,
We could do what we wanted.
But I started to feel like a liar,
Saying I love you.
She was madly in love or mad at me,
There was no in between.
I raised my alarm.
Found that I can't make a stand,
I'm her hired hand.
I have to do harm.
One day, I got sick.
She played me a nasty old trick.
Said, "I need cigarettes";
Walked around the block,
Caught a cab.
Stayed gone for too long,
My love had gotten so strong.
Just to try being back on my own,
I had to go to rehab.
All I need is a safe place to bleed.
Is this where it's at?
A ghost of a chance, steps in a dance,
Rest of my life spent in combat.
Now I'm the king of the ward,
'Cause I'm good and I swallow my sword,
And puke it out for the doctor to write a new prescription.
Tranquil as a dove.
People that have lost their true love,
They all seem to fit the same description.
I feel cold, useless, and old.
I wish I was no one.
Take me home, my love.
Take me home today.
Take me out of this place.
Take me out with you today.