Heather Alexander Flesh Against The Thorn Lyrics

Flesh Against The Thorn Lyrics

You gave me all that I would need,
And made my wishes true-
And every
night to me you?d plead,
And I decline to you-

You?d stand there pale
and acrid eyed,
Yet softly say good night,
Turn and walk once more
denied,
And so would fade the light

(chorus)
The blue rose rare,
one cannot gain
If glove or guard be worn-
?Tis only when one risks the
pain
Of flesh against the thorn-

Our world was warm and full of
play,
Yet I was not content-
And voices strong led me astray,
And far
from you I went-

So swayed was I by other?s view,
And fear it all
would end-
That I forgot to think of you,
My one and only
friend-

(chorus)

A broken promise cannot die,
In dreams it
always burned-
And when I heard your anguished cry,
To you I soon
returned-

But must it take your world to fall,
To find where truth
may lie-
You are not the beast at all,
I fear my lord, ?tis I-

A
love this rare, one cannot gain,
If truth is not yet sworn-
It?s only
when we risk the pain
Of flesh against the thorn-