Red Like Roses

Red like roses fills my dreams And brings me to the place you rest White is cold and always yearning Burdened by a royal test Black the beast descends from shadows Yellow beauty burns Gold I know you didn't plan this You tried to do what's right But in the middle of this madness I'm the one (I'm the one, I'm the one) Left to win this fight Red like roses Fills my head with dreams and finds me Always closer To the emptiness and sadness That has come to take the place of you I know you're broken down by anger and by sadness You feel I left you in a world that's full of madness Wish I could talk to you, if only for a minute Make you understand the reasons why I did it I wanna tell you that you're all that ever mattered Want you to know that, for eternity, I'm shattered I tried so hard just to protect you but I failed to And, in a prison of abandonment, I've jailed you I never planned that I would leave you there alone I was sure that I would see you when I made it back home And all the times I swore that it would be okay Now I'm nothing but a liar and you're thrown into the fray This bedtime story ends with misery ever after The pages are torn and there's no final chapter I didn't have a choice, I did what I had to do I made a sacrifice but forced a bigger sacrifice on you I know you've lived a nightmare I caused you so much pain But baby, please don't do what I did I don't want (I don't want, I don't want) You to waste your life in vain Red like roses Fills my head with dreams and finds me Always closer To the emptiness and sadness That has come to take the place of you You're not the only one who needed me I thought you understood You were the one I needed And you left me as I always feared you would Would I change it if I could? It doesn't matter how The petals scatter now Every nightmare just discloses It's your blood that's red like roses And no matter what I do Nothing ever takes the place of you Red like roses Fills my head with dreams and finds me Always closer To the emptiness and sadness That has come to take the place of you