[Verse 1]
I was talking to myself
You leaned in to hear
I caught your silky laugh
Like a ribbon in my ear
You lay distracted
Like Truman on the ropes
I stood sunburnt and naked
So heavy with hope

[Chorus]
And I'm not sure
If I was promised or warned
When you said you’d be my rose and thorn

[Verse 2]
If you'd like to bloom
I will make it rain
With the pigs that made it to the moon
And a dog who learned her name
I want you to understand
But you just can't win
I write our names upon the sand
And you watch the tide come in

[Chorus]
And I’ve been waiting for you, baby
Since the day I was born
You'll always be my rose and thorn
[Bridge]
No one else will ever hurt me
No one else will get to try
No one else has petals
That fall up towards the sky

[Verse 3]
I know I'm too preoccupied
With what lays ahead
But I can't seem to settle on
What to think about instead
I should live in the moment
But I'd never make it home
I'd lay here with my hands on you
'Til I was only breath and bone

[Chorus]
And I'm not sure
If I was promised or warned
When you said you’d be my rose and thorn
And I’ve been waiting for you, baby
Since the day I was born
You'll always be my rose and thorn