Chordyes

Petals

Petals Lyrics by Conor Kiernan

Chorus When We′Re Old And When We're Grey And We′Ve Got Nothing Left To Give Will We Be Angry Or Ashamed About A Life We Never Lived Interlude Verse 1 It's A Promise That Was Broken One Too Many Times Before Now When The Alley Cats Come Looking For Some Mercy At Your Door Will You Be There To Hear The Stories There To Bear The Shame Or Do The Same As You Do Every Time And Run The Other Way Verse 2 You're Not Afraid To Make Decisions, Not Afraid Of A Mistake You Never Think About The Choices Or The Chance You Didn′T Take If There′S No Merit To The Consequence The Problem Isn't Mine I′M Gonna Carry That Cross Anyway If I Ever Find The Time Chorus So When We're Old And When We′Re Grey And We've Got Nothing Left To Give Will We Be Angry Or Ashamed About A Life We Never Lived When We Think About A Future Will We Think Of Things The Same Or Pull The Petals From The Roses And Throw The Thorns Away Interlude Verse 3 There Was A Time That I Was Jealous And A Time That I Was Keen I Wished That I Could Be The One Who Didn′T Care About A Thing But I Was Drawn To Find Some Purpose Like A Moth Onto A Flame The Very Light That I Was Guided By Is Driving Me Astray Chorus So When We're Old And When We′Re Grey And We've Got Nothing Left To Give Will We Be Angry Or Ashamed About A Life We Never Lived When We Think About A Future Will We Think Of Things The Same Or Pull The Petals From The Roses And Throw The Thorns Away Bridge Part Of Me Will Always Know Forever And A Sunrise And It Finds You Well If It Finds You Whole Part Of Me Will Always Know Forever And A Sunrise And It Finds You Well If It Finds You Whole Chorus So When We're Old And When We′Re Grey And We've Got Nothing Left To Give Will We Be Angry Or Ashamed About A Life We Never Lived When We Think About A Future Will We Think Of Things The Same Or Pull The Petals From The Roses And Throw The Thorns Away Interlude Throw The Thorns Away Outro When I'm Old And I′M Grey And I've Got Nothing Left To Give Will I Be Angry Or Ashamed About A Life I Never Lived