i won't cry aloud when the shades are drawn before me. and i won't pray aloud for the surest way to save me.njust as long as while i'm here i watch the curtains rise and i appearnso now i'm counting the ways that i can shake that fearnnchorus: you could say i've wasted time trying to find a perfect roseni came close but her thorns would shownso all by myself i found a little seed. and it's all i need.nni've been knocking them down since the time they broke the ground.nand i've been shying away from myself, up til' now. cuz now i see a perfect seed growing strong as she can benand when she rises she'll be all that i could find in me.nnchorus:nnbridge: as a child, as i recall i burned alive to paint the room not red or blue but shades of mine.nbut the fire went out in a wave of doubt but i can learn to make a fire burn and burn again. now i know.nnall by myself i found a little seed and it's all i need.