White frost on our garden gate
Roses bow in the frozen rain
You left your lipstick stain on my soul
Now I walk this ghosted lane

My pen's bleedin' blue ink
On this page your fingers traced
Writing words I'll never send
'Bout a love you erased

Oh, roses cry too, my man
Petals red like our faded past
This letter's drowned in wine and tears
For the girl you couldn't hold

Winter stole you, I know it did
My name carved like a scar within
Roses weep year after year
For a love we couldn't defend

You called me your summer rose
But you were the frost, God knows

Every rose that blooms here bleeds your name
This garden's just a war zone now
Every thorn whispers your deceit
Every scar brands my vow

My love, why'd you lie with those burning lips
Promised Sun that was just ice
Even roots in this poisoned crypt
Choke on venom you enticed

Oh, roses die too, my man
Petals blackened by frost's command
This letter's dust, you're long gone now
My heart's last shred in the sand

Winter's queen in this wasteland
Reigning ruins of what we planned
Roses scream, year after year
Roses weep year after year
For a love too frail to keep

I wear your locket, cold as your goodbye
'Gainst this heart you taught to cave
This garden's ash, I'm charred remains
Burning ghosts I couldn't save

But in the silence, I hear you hiss low
Hush now, rose, quit your cryin'
Even gold flowers get buried below

Oh, roses die too, my man
Petals blackened by frost's command
This letter's dust, you're long gone now
My heart's last shred in the sand
Winter's queen in this wasteland
Reigning ruins of what we planned
Roses scream, year after year
For a love you blew to no man's land