True love is a rose

Behind glass

That's locked and kept closed

Maybe just to me

'Cause my heart's been attacked

And shattered by tough love

Bad love

So I bought mine off the street

True love, man, it just can't be beat

I felt so complete

Married to heavenly bodies above

And each night I'd look up

At a bright honey moon

'Cause it sure seemed built to last

And even after my honeymoon passed

I kept right with it, man

Like a ghost to a house it once haunted

And day after day

I'd steal with my true love away

To some hideout

We're left undisturbed

We could do what we wanted

But I started to feel like a liar

Saying I love you

She was madly in love or mad mean

There was no in between

It raised my alarm

I found I can't make a stand

I'm her hired hand

I have to do harm

One day I got sick

She played me a nasty old trick

Said, "I need cigarettes"

Walked 'round the block

Caught a cab

Stayed gone for too long

My love had gotten so strong

Just to try being back on my own

I had to go to rehab

All I need is a safe place to bleed

Is this where it's at?

Half of no chance

Steps in a dance

Rest of my life spent in combat

Now I'm the king of the ward

'Cause I'm good and I swallow my sword

And puke it out for the doctor

To write me a new prescription

Tranquil as a dove

People that have lost their true love

They all seem to fit the same description

I feel cold, useless and old

I wish I was no one

Take me up, my Lord

Take me up today

Take me out of this place

Take me up with you today