[Verse 1]
Black lace on the bandage
Red rivers through the charms
I prayed into the damage
You pulled needles from my arms
Silver tongue like a scalpel
Carved scripture in my skin
Every vow was a shackle
Every kiss a quiet sin
[Chorus]
Cut by roses’ thorns
You dressed the wounds in warning
Blooms on a bed of mourning
I loved you in the war
Bleeding through the form
I still reach back for more
Cut by roses’ thorns
[Verse 2]
You crowned me in your garden
Petals rotting in my hair
You said suffering is pardon
So I learned to love despair
You poured venom into teacups
Called the poison “holy wine”
I drank every drop you dreamt up
Just to say that you were mine
[Chorus]
Cut by roses’ thorns
You dressed the wounds in warning
Blooms on a bed of mourning
I loved you in the war
Bleeding through the form
I still reach back for more
Cut by roses’ thorns
[Bridge]
[Guitars drop to eerie clean arpeggios
Whispered vocal]
You stitched my name to your shadow
You sewed your grief into my dress
If heaven lives in your halo
Why do your blessings taste like death? (like death)
[Chorus]
Cut by roses’ thorns
You dressed the wounds in warning
Blooms on a bed of mourning
I loved you in the war
Bleeding through the form
I still reach back for more
Cut by roses’ thorns (cut by roses’ thorns)