Roses and Baby's-Breath Lyrics

Roses and baby's-breath

Are such a cliche

I can't stand the sight

Yet I cannot explain

Why I yearn to be given them

But please, no pda

Just woo me a little

Just try to take away

The layer of dust

and distrust that encrust

My self-protected, self-mistreated

Bashed, lost and lonely heart

I promise you, dear

That I'm playing no games

This chase that you lust after

Goes only one way

I like the attention

But that's as far as I will go

So woo me a little

But don't be mad at "no"

Cause the layer of dust

And distrust that encrust

Is purposely there to save my

Bashed, lost and lonely heart

I don't have the courage

To try for myself

To let go, be present,

Give you my full self

If only I could sway

With the ease of these cliches

But as soon as you try

To sweep me off my feet

I'll almost always say goodbye,

Accept the defeat,

And blame my self-protected, self-mistreated

Bashed, lost and lonely heart