[Spoken] This is a story ‘bout love that stayed, And love that wandered away. About a man named John… And a woman named Rosie. [verse 1] We built a house of silence On a street called Never Say Love grew inside those quiet walls But the words just slipped away I held my fears like secrets She held her dreams like fire Both of us pretending That was all we would require [verse 2] She asked me for an open door But I couldn’t let it swing So she found herself another way Outside our wedding ring She crossed a line I trusted While I stood and watched it burn The vows I thought were writ in stone Were pages she could turn [chorus] This is the ballad of John and Rosie Two hearts bound by heavy thread One keeps singing about forever While the other moves ahead I still love her like the sunrise She still loves me like the dawn But her light falls on another While my light just carries on [verse 3] Twenty years of therapy Can’t undo what was never done All my flowers thrown away All my battles never won She wants to feel she matters She wants love that’s running wide I want love that stands beside me Never needing to divide [bridge] We sit at dinner tables With the man she’s come to crave And I talk with him like brothers While inside I try to stay brave She says we’ll grow old together She says I’m her only one But the way her eyes shine for him Shows the cracks I can’t outrun [chorus] This is the ballad of John and Rosie Two hearts bound by heavy thread One keeps singing about forever While the other moves ahead I still love her like the sunrise She still loves me like the dawn But her light falls on another While my light just carries on [outro] Maybe love is two definitions That never quite agree Maybe half a life is better Than none at all for me So I’ll keep on singing softly Of the woman I adore This ballad of John and Rosie Is just a half-life evermore [end]
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