[Verse 1] Think of the mute, telepathic children Think of the blind, inaccurate girls Think of the women, altered routes Think of the wounds as warm roses But, oh, don't forget the rose, the rose [Pre-Chorus] But, oh, don't forget the rose, the rose The Hiroshima rose, the hereditary rose The radioactive, stupid, invalid rose The cirrhotic rose, the atomic anti-rose No color, no scent, no rose, no nothing [Chorus] Think of the mute, telepathic children Think of the blind, inaccurate girls Think of the women, altered routes Think of the wounds as warm roses But, oh, don't forget the rose, the rose [Verse 2] But, oh, don't forget the rose, the rose The Hiroshima rose, the hereditary rose The radioactive, stupid, invalid rose The cirrhotic rose, the atomic anti-rose No color, no scent, no rose, no nothing [Chorus] Think of the mute, telepathic children Think of the blind, inaccurate girls Think of the women, altered routes Think of the wounds as warm roses But, oh, don't forget the rose, the rose But, oh, don't forget the rose, the rose The Hiroshima rose, the hereditary rose
