You're A Rose Lyrics - Fatima Mansions

This is mister blank calling, gorgeous 

From the slum which time ignores 

Where folks use razor blades for toothpaste 

And every breath is a holy war 

Were you sleeping? Do you hate me? 

I've been dozing in the midnight sun 

And I've solved all of my problems 

Making the many into one 

The good times are all over 

I don't care, it seems I missed them 

But I miss your smile, your laugh, your snore 

Your fond contempt, your faithful rage 

You're a rose 

You're a rose in a crown of thorns 

You don't mind the queues, the burning trains 

The squalid, mute despair 

You don't mind deceiving lovers 

You ignore the stinking air 

Well, now accept you're just a person 

Not the touchstone, not the face 

Of the ages past, their grandeur 

And the death wish of the master race 

The dawn sky is getting bleaker 

Our demise could not be neater 

And your face hangs down before me now 

Like a rootless flame, in awe I stare 

You're a rose on fire 

You're a rose in a crown of thorns 

Well, I think you'd better hang up on the jerk 

It's been too long, too long, too long 

From now on there's only gonna be one way, one way traffic now 

The door is open, the door is open wide 'cos I said so