There’s a path I walk when I’ve lost my way
At one time I travelled there every day
The flowers were wild and the beauty untamed
But once you walked it with me everything changed

Now it’s a place where colour goes to die
The ground is fickle and the river is dry
This barren land where nothing grows
Is dominated by a powerful rose

It’ll never wilt
And it’ll never cease

She stole my peace, my release
She’s the thief of all my dreams
Where I’ve been, what I’ve found
Beware of the rose that poisons the ground

Larger the deception, the harder I’ll fall
I scratched your name on a sandstone wall
Next time I go there I hope I find
That I can walk on by and leave you behind

She stole my peace, my release
She’s the thief of all my dreams
Where I’ve been, what I’ve found
Beware of the rose that poisons the ground

She stole my peace, my release
She’s the thief of all my dreams
Where I’ve been, what I’ve found
Beware of the rose that poisons the ground

The rose showed its thorns like a demon with teeth
Above it hangs a rope from a rotten tree
Tranquility will have to find another home
And I’ll walk that path on my own