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Rose

by A Perfect Circle

on Mer De Noms (2000)

[Verse 1]
Don't disturb the beast
The temperamental goat, the snail
While he's feeding on the rose
Stay frozen, compromise, what I will, I am

Bend around the wind
Silently thrown about again
I'm treading so soft and lightly
Compromising my will, I am

[Chorus]
I am, I will
So no longer will I lay down
Play dead, play your doe

[Verse 2]
In the headlight
Locked down and terrified
Your deer in the headlights
Shot down and horrified

When push comes to pull comes to shove
Comes to step around this self-destructive dance
That never would've ended 'til I rose
I roared aloud here, I will, I am

[Chorus]
I am, I will
So no longer will I lay down, play dead
Play this beat down, gun-shy martyr, pitiful
I rose, I roared, I will, I am