“So Like A Rose” is the thirteenth song on Garbage’s third album Beautiful Garbage. Lasting 6 minutes and 17 seconds, it’s the longest Garbage song to date. In the band’s tradition, it closes the album with a sad ballad, compared by Shirley Manson to The Velvet Underground.
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[Verse 1]
Baby thinks he's dying
Lost inside his bedroom
Mommy won't stop crying
And daddy's always working
[Chorus]
There's no going back
There's no going back
There's no going back
On this one
[Verse 2]
Baby wakes up with the sun
While everyone is sleeping
He thinks he's going crazy
This could be the big one
[Chorus]
There's no going back
There's no going back
There's no going back
[Instrumental break]
[Verse 3]
Sleeping with ghosts
It's such a lonely experience
The stars are out tonight
Only they can hear you breathing
[Chorus]
You're so like a rose
You're so like a rose
You're so like a rose
I wish you could stay here
[Outro]
So Like a Rose was written by Duke Erikson & Steve Marker & Butch Vig & Shirley Manson.
So Like a Rose was produced by Garbage.
Garbage released So Like a Rose on Mon Oct 01 2001.
In honor of the album’s twentieth anniversary, the members of Garbage did a track-by-track commentary on Twitter. Of “So Like a Rose,” Shirley Manson tweeted:
So Like A Rose: In the course of my lifetime I’ve lost far too many people I have loved to suicide.This song is in honour of all those who w...