Song With Rose Lyrics - Singles - Elvis Costello & The Imposters

Between last breaths and first regrets 

The days dragged on like cigarettes 

In the distance martyrs and martinets 

Dally, dancing with the empty silhouettes of threats 

So, where but heaven does love end 

And where on earth does it begin 

It's not the kind of love that is pinned 

Like a medal or pressed as pennies in a tin 

There is hope and after that, there is only faith 

Love like a wraith 

Never made me afraid 

Consoled as I was by that shade 

Here lie the roses in the ashes 

Deep as the barnacles that cling 

Just like a lace that runs 

Through everyone and everything 

In that other still forever 

In that time before the past 

I told myself we'd be together 

Can you promise me that it will be eternally? 

There is hope and after that, there is only faith 

Love like a wraith 

Never made me afraid 

Consoled as I was, consoled as I was 

Consoled as I was by that shade