[Verse 1]
I walk the plots in black
Past names half eaten by rain
My hands in my coat sleeves
My breath is a thin white stain
The stone knows my footsteps
It waits in the frozen row
And there on my mother’s marker
A black rose starts to grow
[Pre-Chorus]
Not one by day
Not one in the sun
Only when the dark comes down
Only when I come
And the air turns soft
Like a secret in the ground
Something calm and holy
Spilling through the sound
[Chorus]
Black rose on stone
Black rose on stone
(black rose on stone)
I leave, but it stays
Black rose on stone
Black rose on stone
Black rose on stone
(black rose on stone)
One dark bloom
And I know I’m not alone
[Verse 2]
I touch the petals gently
They feel like velvet ash
No wind should carry perfume
Through broken names and glass
But there is that calm smell
Sweet as a prayer in flame
It wraps around my grief
And calls me by my name
The iron gate behind me
Moans once in the cold
I stand with my mother’s silence
And let the feeling hold
[Pre-Chorus]
Not one by day
Not one in the sun
Only when the dark comes down
Only when I come
And the air turns soft
Like a secret in the ground
Something calm and holy
Spilling through the sound
[Chorus]
Black rose on stone
Black rose on stone
(black rose on stone)
I leave, but it stays
Black rose on stone
Black rose on stone
Black rose on stone
(black rose on stone)
One dark bloom
And I know I’m not alone
[Bridge]
Maybe it’s grief
Maybe it’s grace
Maybe her hand
Still finds this place
If the night can bloom
Then I can breathe
With that quiet scent
Keeping watch for me
[Drop]
Black rose
Black rose
On stone
On stone
[Final Chorus]
Black rose on stone
Black rose on stone
(black rose on stone)
I leave, but it stays
Black rose on stone
Black rose on stone
Black rose on stone
(black rose on stone)
One dark bloom
And I know I’m not alone