Thorned Rose

You wore that red like a dare

Left your scent in my hair

Soft hands, cold glance

Sweet mouth, sharp chance

I held on too long

Now the night feels wrong

Petals on the floor

And I want more

You said stay, I said okay

Then you cut me in the same old way

Now I hear your name

Like a match in rain

Rose love, rose love

Pretty, but it draws blood

Rose love, rose love

I kiss back, then I strike

Rose love, rose love

You made me learn this life

Rose love, rose love

Now I bloom with vengeance

I kept your ring in a drawer

Then I found it on the floor

All that gold turned black

When you never came back

I walked past your door

Didn’t cry anymore

Just that calm in my chest

Like a loaded dress

You said stay, I said okay

Then you cut me in the same old way

Now I hear your name

Like a match in rain

Rose love, rose love

Pretty, but it draws blood

Rose love, rose love

I kiss back, then I strike

Rose love, rose love

You made me learn this life

Rose love, rose love

Now I bloom with vengeance

I was all velvet

You were all teeth

I gave you my garden

You buried the seed

Now every scar I wear

Looks like I meant it

Every broken prayer

Turns into a sentence

Rose love, rose love

Pretty, but it draws blood

Rose love, rose love

I kiss back, then I strike

Rose love, rose love

You made me learn this life

Rose love, rose love

Now I bloom with vengeance

Rose love, rose love

Say my name and run

Rose love, rose love

I bloom with vengeance