[Verse 1]
Dead roses on the dashboard, fading with the dawn,
Like every promise that you swore would carry on.
Your lipstick still stains the collar of my coat,
Another love letter that never stayed afloat.
The rain keeps falling where we used to stand,
Now all I hold is yesterday in shaking hands.
You were the fire dressed in shades of white,
The brightest ghost to disappear into the night.
[Pre-Chorus]
We watered something already dying…
Called it forever while we watched it fade.
Some hearts don’t break all at once…
They wither every day.
[Chorus]
Dead roses on the floor…
Still waiting by the door.
I kept your love alive…
Long after it was gone.
Every petal whispers…
The things we’d never say.
You left me with a garden…
That only knows decay.
Dead roses…
Still bloom inside my mind.
You’re gone…
But I still can’t leave you behind.
[Verse 2]
Streetlights paint your shadow on the empty lane,
Every midnight drive keeps calling out your name.
Your side of the bed still feels untouched,
Like time refused to move without your love.
Silver rings and broken dreams collect the dust,
Another masterpiece dissolved by broken trust.
I smile for strangers, but the mirror knows,
I’m just another man holding dead roses.
[Bridge]
Maybe we were beautiful…
Because we couldn’t last.
Maybe forever…
Was never ours to have.
If I saw you one last time…
I’d say nothing at all.
I’d just leave…
The flowers.
[Final Chorus]
Dead roses in my hands…
Falling like forgotten plans.
Every thorn reminds me…
Love can leave without a sound.
I built a home inside your memory,
Now every room is painted gray.
If this is how forever ends…
Then let the petals drift away.
Dead roses…
The only part of us that’s left.
Still beautiful…
Even after death.
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[Outro] (Breathy whispers)
The petals fell…
But the fragrance stayed.
Some loves don’t survive…
They simply become…
Dead roses.
VAYNE
