A garden: sanctuary for all who rest within
It's gated; I'm searching for the call to let me in
The flora and beauty isn't all I'm looking for

The one who tends the precious flowers is something more

I could throw you a rose

You could eat if off your nose
I could throw away my time


I've travelled all through time and space
But never have I seen a face
That made me want to stay behind


I'm leaving: leaving from this town to hide away
Hiding from the whispered sounds of this day

Sometimes certain things are set in statued stone
But maybe I can change the way your garden grows


And I could throw you a rose
You would wink and I'd suppose
That I could give you a new life


In the garden we would meet
The sound of drums, a perfect beat

I'd see you off into the night

I could throw you a rose

I could throw you a rose

And I could throw you a rose

That's the way the story goes
We could fly off on our own


But to the garden you must tend
Despite an ancient, sacred friend
The angels come, destroy your home,

And leave me all alone.
And so I leave you this last rose