I'm A Rose

from Live Life Slow by Starlite Radio

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lyrics

Vultures dance in figure-eights in the sky
Children, always curious, wonder why
They don’t know, down below
A death has ensued
Their beaming eyes stay fixed on
The spinning black against blue

I’m a rose, I’m a weed
I’m a super model, I’m a gamin
A branch, a seed
I stand at both ends,
And I’m in between
How do you see me now?
Things could get turned around

Princes roam as paupers out on the street
Once adorned, now soiled down to their feet
Everyone, from old to young has worth in their bones
Still the masses pass by hurrying to get home

I’m a rose...

Oh, I’ve waited for an open door
To show my way outside
When across the room, within my view
Is a window open wide

I can see my heart is willing to believe
But my eyes are blind to how I may receive

I’m a rose...

credits

from Live Life Slow, released August 3, 2012
Written by Nathan McDonald (April 2010) // Recorded by Jordan McDonald at Littlebeck Farm, Shirland, IL (2011-12) // Mixed by Don Chaffer at The Conductor, Cane Ridge, TN (2012) // Mastered by Yes Master Studios, Nashville, TN (2012)

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