The only girl I've ever loved
Was born with roses in her eyes
But then they buried her alive

One evening 1945
With just her sister at her side
And only weeks before the guns

All came and rained on everyone
Now she's a little boy in Spain
Playing pianos filled with flames

On empty rings around the sun
All sing to say my dream has come


But now we must pick up every piece
Of the life we used to love
Just to keep ourselves

At least enough to carry on

And now we ride the circus wheel

With your dark brother wrapped in white
Says it was good to be alive
But now he rides a comet's flame

And won't be coming back again
The Earth looks better from a star
That's right above from where you are

He didn't mean to make you cry
With sparks that ring and bullets fly
On empty rings around your heart

The world just screams and falls apart

But now we must pick up every piece

Of the life we used to love
Just to keep ourselves
At least enough to carry on


And here's where your mother sleeps
And here is the room where your brothers were born

Indentions in the sheets
Where their bodies once moved but don't move anymore
And it's so sad to see the world agree

That they'd rather see their faces fill with flies
All when I'd want to keep white roses in their eyes