SAVAGE GARDEN

Hey, happiness,

see you around, I guess.

My heart's battered,

not that it mattered.

On the news today,

more dead every day,

a country shattered--

not that it mattered.

You know the rose in bloom

fades its day in the sun--as if anyone

can win in this savage garden.

Can't buy, you can't buy pardon.

Hey, emptiness,

see you around, I guess.

Doom has had its day.

Love will have its say.

Tide has turned again,

a cold reign fallen.

Just as they say,

this, too, shall pass away.

Even the rose in bloom

fades its day in the sun--as if anyone

can win in this savage garden.

Can't buy, you can't buy pardon.