[Verse 1] Caught in a daze like a side street election Reflections of shadows came in And the roses gave him the time you neglected Selecting your fair weathered friends [Verse 2] Walking away he won't save any feelings When the ceiling is always the floor And the roses gave him the timeless feeling You're not dealing with me anymore [Chorus] And that's how it goes when you're a rose Just a thought of your own side Garden secrets that you grow Just gonna hang you out to dry [Verse 3] And over the years and the sequence of failures Disasters where the heroes came in And roses and tears were the secrets familiar And the laughter foreshadows the end [Chorus] And that's how it goes when you're a rose Just a thought of your own side Garden secrets that you grow Just gonna hang you out to dry Just gonna hang you out to dry Just gonna hang you out to dry To dry