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2006 song by Poets of the Fall
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'''Roses''' is the seventh track on [[Poets of the Fall]]'s 2006 second studio album [[Carnival of Rust (album)|Carnival of Rust]].
'''Roses''' is the seventh track on [[Poets of the Fall]]'s 2006 second studio album [[Carnival of Rust (album)|Carnival of Rust]].


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==Lyrics==
<blockquote>
I've walked the distance, I paid my dues<br/>
And tried to have a go at what I thought I knew was real<br/>
Held no appeal<br/>
I've been to places, I've seen the tidings<br/>
I bought a book of rules for every coin that I could steal<br/>
 
And so I came to gaze upon the stars<br/>
When they were yet unborn<br/>
And consequently, tear at my old scars<br/>
And the mask I had outworn<br/>
 
So when I'm crying alone<br/>
Yeah, when I'm cold as a dying stone<br/>
 
Grow me a garden of roses<br/>
Paint me the colors of sky and rain<br/>
Teach me to speak with their voices<br/>
Show me the way and I'll try again<br/>
 
I've heard the rumors, started fires<br/>
I sowed a sordid lot of plays for keeps for what I need<br/>
Behold the demons that I freed<br/>
I've tried my best at wearing the hard hat<br/>
But healing doesn't seem to happen<br/>
When you hide away the seed<br/>
 
And so I came across the medicine man<br/>
And he showed me what I'd forlorn<br/>
For if I'm stayed it happens by my own hand<br/>
And my own voice full of scorn<br/>
 
So when I'm crying alone<br/>
Yeah, when I'm cold as a dying stone<br/>
 
Grow me a garden of roses<br/>
Paint me the colors of sky and rain<br/>
Teach me to speak with their voices<br/>
Show me the way and I'll try again<br/>
 
Without you I'm nothing at all<br/>
And life has the face of a morbid game<br/>
With you nothing seems impossible<br/>
It all seems to fit the frame<br/>
 
So when I'm crying alone<br/>
Yeah, when I'm cold as a dying stone<br/>
 
Grow me a garden of roses<br/>
Paint me the colors of sky and rain<br/>
Teach me to speak with their voices<br/>
Show me the way and I'll try again
<blockquote/>
 
== Trivia ==
*The line "I heard the rumors, I started fires" seems to foreshadow [[Jealous Gods (album)|Jealous Gods]].
*The imagery of the line:
 
''And life has the face of a morbid game''<br/>
was used again many years later:
 
''See the puppetmaster laugh astride a pale horse''<br /> - [[The Game]]
 
A "pale horse" means Death.
[[Category:Songs]]
[[Category:Songs]]

Latest revision as of 13:47, 26 March 2025

Roses
Track 7 on Carnival of Rust
"Roses"
Song by Poets of the Fall
from the album Carnival of Rust
ReleasedApril 12, 2006 (2006-04-12)
Length3:51
LabelInsomniac
BPM101
KeyG
Producer(s)Poets of the Fall

Roses is the seventh track on Poets of the Fall's 2006 second studio album Carnival of Rust.

Lyrics

I've walked the distance, I paid my dues
And tried to have a go at what I thought I knew was real
Held no appeal
I've been to places, I've seen the tidings
I bought a book of rules for every coin that I could steal

And so I came to gaze upon the stars
When they were yet unborn
And consequently, tear at my old scars
And the mask I had outworn

So when I'm crying alone
Yeah, when I'm cold as a dying stone

Grow me a garden of roses
Paint me the colors of sky and rain
Teach me to speak with their voices
Show me the way and I'll try again

I've heard the rumors, started fires
I sowed a sordid lot of plays for keeps for what I need
Behold the demons that I freed
I've tried my best at wearing the hard hat
But healing doesn't seem to happen
When you hide away the seed

And so I came across the medicine man
And he showed me what I'd forlorn
For if I'm stayed it happens by my own hand
And my own voice full of scorn

So when I'm crying alone
Yeah, when I'm cold as a dying stone

Grow me a garden of roses
Paint me the colors of sky and rain
Teach me to speak with their voices
Show me the way and I'll try again

Without you I'm nothing at all
And life has the face of a morbid game
With you nothing seems impossible
It all seems to fit the frame

So when I'm crying alone
Yeah, when I'm cold as a dying stone

Grow me a garden of roses
Paint me the colors of sky and rain
Teach me to speak with their voices
Show me the way and I'll try again

Trivia

  • The line "I heard the rumors, I started fires" seems to foreshadow Jealous Gods.
  • The imagery of the line:

And life has the face of a morbid game
was used again many years later:

See the puppetmaster laugh astride a pale horse
- The Game

A "pale horse" means Death.