The rose over the thorn, love's triumph over adversity.
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Story behind the song
The rose over the thorn, love's triumph over adversity.
Lyrics
Zephirine Rose
Andy Pearce © 2006-2008
There’s a beautiful Zephirine Rose,
grows so sweetly on my back lawn.
It’s all tangled up with the dog rose,
but there’s always a flower over the thorn.
Just like my rose you seemed to find the hard times,
you hold on and on, though it hurts, I know
you clamber on up the weary steps inside,
but there’s always a smile enough to hide
your secrets and failings, your let-downs and hurts.
Your world it seems is caught between a dream and a hope.
But what drives you most is the joy you inspire.
You make this world a better place for yours and mine.
I pick up a white feather from my sofa pillow.
You said they were angels coming down from heaven.
I said you were nuts, and you laughed and said to me;
‘Look up at the sky, see how they float down in the breeze’.
Sometimes I wish I’d had more time to fool,
Back then life was simple, with my arm around you.
And we’d both lift our faces to the sky,
and smile … but now we all got …
those secrets and failings, our let-downs and hurts.
And our world it seems is caught between a dream and hope.
But what you care about are the ones you love,
I know you’d say, don’t be blue,
I’ll be around, and I need you to
know what’s important. Well my love, that’s the least I can do.
You’re always beautiful, like my Zephirine Rose.
