[Verse 1]
I can't buy you fancy diamond rings or houses by the sea
Can't give you all your wildest dreams or curiosities
Well, all I have to offer is the beating in my chest
Cracks around the edges and my word I'll do my best

[Chorus]
Oh, next to me
She's the rose that never dies
Oh, ecstasy
It's the emeralds in her eyes
Shining down on me
The thorn within my side
Only she can see

[Post-Chorus]
Ohh
Ah-ahh, ah-ah
Ah-ah

[Verse 2]
Well, if Jesus was a preacher, then I'm sure He preached of you
And, if the Devil walked the cobbled streets with patches on his shoes
Well, he'd scream out in the darkness, but you would never hear
For poisoned words and politics weren't made for angels' ears
[Chorus]
Oh, next to me
She's the rose that never dies
Oh, ecstasy
It's the emeralds in her eyes
Shining down on me
The thorn within my side
Only she can see

[Bridge]
(Ohh) When the dark rolls in
(Ohh) When the stars don't shine like they did in my youth
(Ohh) When my days have come to an end, oh
All that I can prove
Was that the point of me was you
Ahh

[Chorus]
Oh, next to me
She's the rose that never dies
Oh, ecstasy
It's the emeralds in her eyes
Shining down on me
The thorn within my side
Only she can see