Rōshi (老師?) (Chinese pinyin: Lǎoshī; Sanskrit: ṛṣi) is a Japanese honorific title used in Zen Buddhism that literally means "old teacher" or "elder master" and sometimes denotes a person who gives spiritual guidance to a Zen sangha or congregation.
Chinese Chán Buddhism uses the semantically related title sifu (師父, literally "master father" or "father of masters", or 師傅, literally "master teacher" or "teacher of masters"; both pronounced "shīfu") as an honorific title for the highest masters, but it also may be used in respectful address of monks and nuns generally. In Chinese, 老師 (Chinese pinyin: Lǎoshī) is a common word for teacher or professor without the religious/spiritual connotation of rōshi.
Traditionally, the term Rōshi was applied as a respectful honorific to an older, usually over sixty years, Zen teacher who was perceived by a sangha to have attained a superior understanding and expression of the Dharma. Despite this, it has come in some modern Zen schools to be applied as an official title that doesn't have to do with the age of the individual who receives it. This is especially true in some Japanese Rinzai Zen schools in Japan and United States, and among other schools in the US and Europe. There is sometimes dispute about use of the term rōshi, and there is wide variance in its application.
True, found out what was truth
This is my last goodbye, fact and fiction always trips up you
Well you can see with your eyes this one coming in
The day that she decided was to quit had enough and that was it
You surrendering control
What about wounds in your soul
Looking forward to her light sunrise
She slipped away in front of your eyes
And all that time you know (x2)
What made you happy was the beginning
She wasn't kidding
No, no not this time
And now you're laying around like a rolled up dollar bill
If that's your fix you need you can do it I don't think I will
Baby you needed something that'll kick you around
I just hope you right your wrongs before you're six feet in the ground
You surrendering control
What about wounds in your soul
Looking forward to her light sunrise
She slipped away in front of your eyes
And all that time you know (x2)
What made you happy was the beginning
She wasn't kidding
No, no not this time
This must be our 7 year itch
There's so much we need to renew
All the changes we've been through
We've got to strengthen every stitch
Our Problems are more than a few
But above all you know I love you
Remember it was such a beautiful day
When suddenly you came to me
And loving you set me free
Singin along as the music played
Feeling every word that Mary sang
And I knew that you were my sweet thing
[Chorus:]
Mary sing a song for me
Remind us love is all we need
You can help us steal away
So I can tell him that I'm here to stay
Now we've got to straighten this out
It's like we went from love at first sight
To fighting almost every night
This thing has turned into a drought
But it's nothing that we can't make right
Cause I know I, I need you in my life
It's obvious we're both to blame
I know it's hard to share my world sometimes
Why do we put love on the line
We can't keep playing all these crazy games
With you it's always not today
So baby, this is all that I can say
[Chorus]
[Bridge:]
I don't see myself with no one else
But I can't take this drama no more
If you look deep inside yourself
You'll see it's easy just to give me you
Been willing and waiting for a long long time
Now I feel like I'm going down
This family affair is on my mind
Memories of a love so true, ohhh