Lyrics True Love - Elliott Smith

True Love

true love is a rose
behind glass that’s locked to get closed
maybe just to me,
because my soul’s been attacked
and shattered by tought love,
bad love
bought mine off the street
true love man just can’t be beat
i felt so complete
married to heavenly bodies above
and each night i look up at a bright honey moon
it sure seems built to last
even after my honey moon past
i came right after it like a ghost
to the house it once haunted
day after day
i’d steal with my true love away
to some hide out left undisturbed
we could do what we wanted
but i started to feel like a liar-
saying i love you
madly in love and at me there’s no in between
came on and on felt i can’t make a stand
i’m her hired hand
i have to do harm
one day i got sick
she played me a nasty old trick
said i need cigarettes
walked round the block
caught a cab.
stayed gone for too long
my love had gotten so strong
just to try getting back on my own
i had to go to rehab.
all i need is a safe place to bleed
this where it’s at Well half a chance
steps in a dance
life full of combat
now i’m the king of the ward
cause i’m good and i swallow my sword
so the doctor can write his prescription
tranquil as a dove
people that have lost their true love
all seem to fit the same description
i feel cold, useless and old
like a no one
take me home
take me home today
take me out of this place
take me out, do it today