the Briar and the rose

I fell asleep down by the stream
And there i had the strangest dream
Down by brennan's glenn there grows
A briar and a rose

There's a tree in the forest
But i don't know where
I built a nest out of your hair
And climbing up into the air
A briar and a rose

I don't know how long it has been
But i was born in brennan's glenn
And near the end of spring there grows
A briar and a rose

I picked the rose one early morn
I pricked my finger on a thorn
They'd grown so close
Their winding wove
The briar around the rose

I tried to tear them both apart
I felt a bullet in my heart
All dressed up in spring's new clothes
The briar and the rose

And when i'm buried in my grave
Tell me so i will know
Your tears will fall
To make love grow
The briar and the rose

And when i'm buried in my grave
Tell me so i will know
Your tears will fall
To make them grow
The briar and the rose

Your tears will fall
To make them grow
The briar and the rose
-Tom watts