One Thousand Roses Lyrics - In The Land Of The Rising Sun: Live In Japan 2001 - Renaissance

I love to watch you move swaying like a child 

I have always wanted to know you 

Then you gave to me, the greatest gift of all your stories 

Sunrise in the sky, rivers come alive 

The trees will carry messages for me 

Born in different lands across the highest seas 

I would tremble thinking about you 

Then the winter came, your tales of love remain 

ice, snow, the wind and rain 

As a boy he'd always heard 

The meaning of life hidden in a single word 

Serenading through his years 

A talented man surrounded my mystery 

Gather all the missing days 

All the ones that slipped away 

He will bring them back and not speak 

Lay them at my golden feet 

He gave me one thousand roses 

Even before he had known my name 

Knowing from when they were flying 

No more the sadness that was my flame 

In a time when we all dream 

A weaver of words who everyone wants to meet 

Will he always wish to be 

A teller of tales a sower of magic seeds 

We were actors in a play 

Celebrate the ancient way 

Listen to the songs of old 

In the saddest key of all 

He gave me one thousand roses 

Even before he had known my name 

Knowing from then we were flying 

No more the sadness that was my flame 

Then he gave to me, the greatest gift of all 

Love