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-