Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn

“Every Rose Has Its Thorn” is a song by American rock band Poison. It was released in October 1988 as the third single from their second album Open Up and Say… Ahh!. It is one of their best-known songs, and it reached number 1 in the US on December 24, 1988. The song was written by the band’s lead vocalist Bret Michaels. The song’s lyrics describe the bitter end of a relationship, likening it to the theme of a rose with thorns.

Lyrics:
We both lie silently still in the dead of the night
Although we both lie close together we feel miles apart inside
Was it somethin' I said or something I did?
Did my words not come out right?
Though I tried not to hurt you
Though I tried
But I guess that's why they say
Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has its thorn
Yeah, it does
I listen to our favorite song playin' on the radio
Hear the DJ say love's a game of easy come and easy go
But I wonder does he know
Has he ever felt like this
And I know that you'd be here right now
If I could have let you know somehow I guess
Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has its thorn
Though it's been a while now
I can still feel so much pain
Like the knife that cuts you the wound heals
But the scar, that scar remains
I know I could have saved our love that night
If I'd know what to say
Instead of making love
We both made our separate ways
And now I hear you found somebody new
And that I never meant that much to you
To hear that tears me up inside
And to see you cuts me like a knife, I guess
Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has its thorn