Black Roses

(Intro)

There’s a light outside my window

But I can’t feel it anymore

Ever since you walked away

This house don’t feel like home

(Verse 1)

I still hear your boots across the floorboards

Still see your makeup on the sink

Your ghost lives in every corner

And you haunt me every time I blink

You used to hold me like forever

Like nothing could tear us apart

Now forever sounds so temporary

With your goodbye carved through my heart

I tried to burn the letters slowly

Tried to wash your scent away

But memories don’t die easy

They just learn how to stay

(Pre-Chorus)

Everybody says the pain will fade

But they never loved you like I did

(Chorus)

Now I’m sleeping with black roses

Counting all the wounds you left open

You were heaven in a leather jacket

Beautiful chaos, pure tragic

And I still taste your name like whiskey

Still hear your voice when the room gets empty

You took the light out of my veins

Now every night feels the same

(Verse 2)

The city looks dead at 2 AM

Streetlights flicker like dying stars

I drive nowhere with the radio screaming

Trying to outrun who we are

I remember dancing in your kitchen

Barefoot spinning to old rock songs

You said we’d make it through anything

Guess “anything” didn’t last too long

Now there’s strangers in your pictures

And silence where your laughter lived

I gave you every broken part of me

And somehow it still wasn’t enough to give

(Pre-Chorus)

I wear my heartbreak like a tattoo

A permanent reminder of you

(Chorus)

Now I’m sleeping with black roses

Drowning in the words unspoken

You were fire under my skin

Now I don’t know who I’ve been

And every night I swear I see you

Standing in the dark like you used to

But ghosts disappear when the lights turn on

And I’m still here holding on

(Bridge)

Maybe love was never meant to stay

Maybe some hearts are born to break

Maybe I was just another chapter

You could close and walk away

But I still talk to you in my head

Still reach for your side of the bed

And every sunrise hurts the same

Cause waking up means you’re gone again

(Guitar Break)

Oh-oh-oh…

Yeah the silence screams your name…

(Final Chorus)

Now I’m sleeping with black roses

A shattered soul nobody notices

You were my storm, my escape

Now all that’s left is the rain

And if you ever think about me

I hope it cuts you deeply

Cause losing you destroyed my world

And I’m still buried in the hurt

(Outro)

Black roses on the floor tonight

One for every time you said goodbye

And I’ll keep loving you alone

Till these ghosts finally let me go…