(Intro – dissonant clean guitar, harmonic taps)
Read the sign
Read the sign
You read the sign
Still stepped over the line
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(Verse 1 – tight syncopated phrasing)
Clear sky warning
Black cloud forming
Signal flashing
Red light burning
Every forecast
Screamed the ending
Still you wagered
On pretending
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(Pre-Chorus – tension building)
You saw it coming
Line by line
Every caution
Every sign
You lit the fuse
You struck the spark
Now you’re screaming
In the dark
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(Chorus – jagged but hooky)
You made the bed
Now lie inside
No alibi
No place to hide
You chose the road
You knew the spin
Now feel the thorns
Under your skin
A rose garden
Rows in rows
You sowed the seed
But nothing grows
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(Verse 2 – polyrhythmic phrasing)
Call it fate
Call it chance
Every step
Your own dance
Warning labels
Everywhere
Still you said
“I don’t care”
Now the harvest
Turns to dust
Rust and thistle
Where was trust?
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(Pre-Chorus)
Every bell
Every flare
Every voice
Saying “beware”
You waved it off
You rolled the dice
Now you’re choking
On the price
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(Chorus)
You made the bed
Now lie inside
No alibi
No place to hide
You chose the road
You knew the spin
Now feel the thorns
Under your skin
A rose garden
Rows in rows
You sowed the seed
But nothing grows
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(Bridge – half-time heavy groove)
No sympathy
For hindsight grief
You signed the line
Beneath belief
The storm was printed
Black and white
You still walked in
And called it night
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(Final Chorus – heavier, layered)
You made the bed
Now lie inside
The warning burned
Before your eyes
You planted doubt
You planted sin
Now wear the crown
Of where you’ve been
A rose garden
Dry and closed
You planted hope
But nothing grows
ChucklesMcnerd
