Rose - A Perfect Circle

Don’t disturb the beast

The temperamental goat, the snail

While he’s feeding on the rose

Stay frozen, compromise, what I will, I am

Bend around the wind

Silently thrown about again

I’m treading so soft and lightly

Compromising my will, I am

I am, I will

So no longer will I lay down

Play dead, play your doe

In the headlight

Locked down and terrified

Your deer in the headlights

Shot down and horrified

When push comes to pull comes to shove

Comes to step around this self-destructive dance

That never would’ve ended 'til I rose

I roared aloud here, I will, I am

I am, I will

So no longer will I lay down, play dead

Play this beat down, gun-shy martyr, pitiful

I rose, I roared, I will, I am