"Bet On Beauty" lyrics

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 are falling 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 true
By the peace we never knew

Oh
Oh

'Cause it ain't fair
And it ain't easy
When you're trying to 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 sing
And I couldn't quite work out
How to bridge this 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 true
By the peace we never knew

Oh
Oh

'Cause it ain't fair
And it ain't easy
When you're trying to 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 them 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

Oh
Oh

'Cause it ain't fair
And it ain't easy
When you're trying to fight the pain
So bet on love, bet on beauty
On the chance to rise again

Oh
Oh