If you keep changing yourself Then soon you'll be somebody else And the end of the string Would be a rose, is a rose, it is a dying thing While all I can promise is to stay like this always And by all other names just as sweet I wish all you would wish Was a house with a yard full of flying fish And the bell that I'd ring Would be a rose, is a rose, it could be anything While all I can promise is to stay like this always And by all other names just as sweet I will crack you open just to keep you closer 'Cause without you a rose is just a rose And I will swallow the vomit just to keep you Coming 'cause without you I'm so hollow