Poor little rose, beaten by the rain
In the wind in the gale, thunder and the hail
Sometimes I feel like I'm going insane

Without the numbness or the pain so intense to feel
Especially now it added up through the years
And I, I taught myself how to grow

Without any love and there was poison in the rain
I taught myself how to grow
Now I'm crooked on the outside, and the inside's broke


Most of the time I got nothing to say
When I do it's nothing and nobody's there to listen anyway

I know I'm probably better off this way
I just listen to the voices on the TV 'til I'm tired
My eyes grow heavy and I fade away


'Cause I, I taught myself how to grow
Without any love and there was poison in the rain

I taught myself how to grow
'Til I was crooked on the outside
I taught myself how to grow

Without any love and there was poison in the rain
I taught myself how to grow
'Til I was crooked on the outside, inside's caved

Crooked on the outside, inside's caved
Crooked on the outside, inside's caved
I taught myself how to grow old