BELLS AND ROSES~R. Cash
Everything was mine
Now it's all stripped away
I stand here naked as the stars
And silent as a grave
If you see who I really am
Will you still want to stay
There's a danger in this love
And I want to be that grave
Bells and roses
A sign of departure
But I love them just the same
Bells and roses
A sign of survival
On the door into this pain
Now I'll go in if you say I must
But I'd rather let it go
There are people I will never trust
And things that I can't know
Kiss until we turn to stone
Fight you until we're blind
And I know you love me
And it makes me want to die
Bells and roses
They wake up the senses
To remind me who I am
Bells and roses
The gifts of the spirit shall not be squandered on just one
Everything was mine
But it's long stripped away
Will you love me if I'm naked
Or I'm silent as the grave?
You don't have to answer now
But you might learn to pray
And I'll step down of this cross
Into a life that I can change
Bells and roses
They fill up the silence
In the place where I once laid
Bells and roses
A sign of survival
And the price that I had to pay
Bells and roses.
