Flobots - The Rose and the Thistle lyrics

The rose and the thistle
Well they both have thorns
They both have thorns, they both have thorns
The rose and the thistle
Well they both have thorns
And they grow in the garden
Where your love was born
The rose and the thistle
Well they both have thorns
They both have thorns, they both have thorns
The rose and the thistle
Well they both have thorns
And they grow in the garden
Where your love was born

I'm between a rock and a hard place
Your thought and your heart's space
Meant no for nothing
Like a pick in an empty guitar case
Follow you like a car chase
To the part where we stargaze
The plot in your garden
I see your world view like Marvin the Martian
Your part of the solution's
My part of the problem
If you stop to smell the roses
I know we can solve them
As the world keeps revolving
Let's keep on evolving
A natural selection like Wallace and Darwin
Grow grey like Steve Martin
In old age be radiocarbon
Getting to half our lives together
When the great part gets started
To keep it short I'm glad you were born
Let's keep flowing together through
Thistle and thorn

The Rose and the thistle
They both have thorns
Took note of this when I woke this morn'
Sun rise came in as one bright ray and the
Place on the wall where it shone was warm
And the shadow cast was like a battleaxe so I
Grabbed it fast and I smashed the glass
And I crawled through the shards and I
Found myself in a beautiful garden
With petals, bulbs, nettles, mulch, hibiscus
Delphinidins, ferns, christmas bells
Geraniums jack in the pulpit, baby's breath
Lily of the Nile, a star of Bethlehem
A brilliant child being poked at and scorned
The rose and the thistle
They both have thorns

Hey Mary, begging your pardon
What pretty flowers grow in your garden?
Let's lie back, in the lilacs
Meander in the lavender
Get silly in the lilies
Dancing under oleanders
Holy moly holding hands, snap dragon tantrums
And open up the irises
Humming summer anthems
He loves me not will forget me not
Looking for the answers
He loves me not will forget me not
Looking for the answers