Bet On Beauty

Well, I let you down again

For the thousandth time today

And I just can't seem to find

What it is I'm supposed to say

All my words have fallen short

Of their mark inside my head

And only cinders still remain

Of the roses in their beds

But if, by chance, I could find the light

And if my hands could be pacified

By love, by you

By the trials they put us through

By hope, by life

By the tears I held inside

By new, by old

By the dogs within my soul

By right, by truth

By the peace we never knew

'Cause it ain't fair and it ain't easy

When you're tryna fight the pain

So bet on love, bet on beauty

On the chance to rise again

Well, I saw you out in town

In the same old sweet routine

In the violence of the crowd

Wearing tears you wouldn't seen

And I couldn't quite work out

How to bridge the great divide

In the darkness of the evening

How to reach those failing eyes

But if, by chance, I could find the light

And if my hands could be pacified

By love, by you

By the trials they put us through

By hope, by life

By the tears I held inside

By new, by old

By the dogs within my soul

By right, by truth

By the peace we never knew

'Cause it ain't fair and it ain't easy

When you're tryna fight the pain

So bet on love, bet on beauty

On the chance to rise again

Oh, don't go tell me that the best that you had is behind

And don't believe 'em when they tell you you're out of your mind

Your obligation is to work out what's right and what's wrong

Our great obsession is to end up just where we belong

'Cause it ain't fair and it ain't easy

When you're tryna fight the pain

So bet on love, bet on beauty

On the chance to rise again