Jeff And Maya Bohnhoff - Persian Rose lyrics

I've traveled far I've traveled wide I've sifted through the earth; I've searched the sky Seeking the fairest Flower that grows --the Persian Rose The hour is late, the world's asleep. In darkness I see the Rose and my heart weeps. But still that fragrance draws me to the bower -- the Persian Flower The Persian Rose Tell me, have you seen it? Tell me, have you touched it? Tell me in what garden does it grow? I tell you, I must have it. I must make it mine. You think me a madwoman sifting through the sand. Oh no, those are rose petals in my hands. God, is there no mercy? Now my restless journey leads me to a wall. I scale the fearful height; I slip and fall. But when I open up my eyes, A Garden surrounds me -- Paradise. And here at the end of my troubled path, it grows -- The Persian Rose. I've traveled far; I've traveled wide. I've sifted through the earth; I've searched the sky. To lose the world and gain a soul. Tumble to my knees; rise to the goal. Oh, the madman and the lover surely know They must fall who would embrace the Rose.