1. CONCRETE ROSES

Can you hear the faintest voices in the universe
They are whispers of aliens dispersed
They live to lift this curse
Joined the game of puzzle pieces and a falsehood
Where congenial people understood
What stray cats never would

These are the roses that grew from concrete
Stand-alone soldiers in a world of their dreams
Blades of society cutting off their leaves
Not a chance, no mercy conceived
Conceived

If you see them lost on all those crowded streets
Don't show them a trail back into peace
For the timeless winds won't cease
Watch the world go by in the eyes of a stranger
Hear a blackbird singing in the yard
Its music for the scarred

These are the roses that grew from concrete
Stand-alone soldiers in a world of their dreams
Blades of society cutting off their leaves
Not a chance, no mercy conceived

Roses that grew from concrete