Blood on the petals

I found you by the garden gate

With thorns wrapped 'round your wrist

You said you'd never leave me here

But love became a twist

We planted roses, planted dreams

You buried something else

Now I'm standing in the dark alone

With ghosts nobody else can feel

Red blooms where you used to stand

Sweet poison in your hand

There's murder in the rose garden tonight

Where we carved our names in stone

You took the color from my life

And left me here alone

Murder in the rose garden, yeah

Where the flowers never lie

You killed the guy I used to be

Beneath the summer sky

You gave me rings of broken glass

Called them diamonds, dear

You smiled while you were breaking me

But I just played along here

The garden keeper asked me why

The roses turned so black

I told him that some things just die

And they don't come back

Red blooms where you used to stand

Sweet poison in your hand

There's murder in the rose garden tonight

Where we carved our names in stone

You took the color from my life

And left me here alone

Murder in the rose garden, yeah

Where the flowers never lie

You killed the guy I used to be

Beneath the summer sky

Now I'm watering the ground

With everything you've done

I'm growing something beautiful

From all your lies, my love!!

There's murder in the rose garden tonight

But I'm taking back my throne

I'm painting all the petals gold

And making it my own

Murder in the rose garden, yeah

I'm the one who'll survive

I'm the guy you tried to bury

And I'm coming back alive