Coming Up Roses

I'm coming up roses now

flying high

No-one can touch me as I wave goodbye

I'm tall as a willow baby

tall as a willow

I'm sure not sorry for that

You wouldn't believe the stuff I know

and have collected

I'm hung up on breathing now when I want

No one can hurt me when I'm in trouble

I'm strong as I'm mellow baby

strong as I'm mellow

I sure am happy for that

Have you ever seen the things I own

And have neglected?

They're all quite strange and unconnected

And that's why they're strong

A mile is long when home is far away

(Coming up roses now

flying high)

A mile is long when home is far away

(Coming up roses now…)

Home is far away

I'm holding the fiddle now

playing hard

I've learnt my lesson in self-composure

I shout and I bellow baby

shout and I bellow

Can you hear me out back?

Can you feel the way I've grown

And disconnected?

A mile is long when home is far away

(Coming up roses now

flying high)

A mile is long when home is far away

(Coming up roses now

flying high)

A mile is long when home is far away

(The night is long

the day is long)

(The night is long

the day is long)

A mile is long when home is far away

Home is far away

(The night is long

the day is long)

(The night is long

the day is long)

A first thought came to the sound

(The night is long

the day is long)

And it filled itself with spectrum

So it can see from the back of its head

Feel the beat fall in

Did that despite me

Throw me off the scent

Feel the beat fall in

A beast at the core of its nature

A beast at the core of its nature