im not afraid to live im not afraid to live a lie cos i ll get by its better than some truth you dont decide youre still running with your old friends catching all the sunsets believing in all that now you can run with all your old friends bet on all the safe bets they ll never pay out would it really be so bad when its over we d be glad what a great lie we all had we all had a black rose in spring i saw a black rose in spring growing alone it made me think maybe i could too youre still running with your old friends catching all the sunsets who could leave all that now you can run with all your old friends bet on all the safe bets they ll never pay out would it really be so bad when its over we d be glad what a great lie we all had we all had put it all away now put the past away for now something black would look so good in place of blue ill miss you and i do i was the room you were the view something black would look so good in place of you what i thought thought was deep it was not even shallow what i thought thought was black it was not even shadow what i thought thought was you well it was not even half what i thought thought was me well now it makes me now it makes me laugh