I hear the voices of dying souls
They whisper softly with their final breaths
While I'm awake or when I dream
Images of the dead are surrounding me
(Lead: Arden)
Why are they haunting me?!
What do they want from me?!
(Release us)
Why are they haunting me?!
What do they want from me?!
I don't see my own reflection
When I look in the mirror
A room of strangers that stare at me
A cacophony of pleading
In fear and anger
By those who are trapped or won't let go of this world we see
Then in the background I glimpse her face
And softly she calls to me
(I can still taste your tears)
Is it real or only just in my mind?
(I can still feel your arms around me)
I long to hold her again
Of roses and ruin
I visit her once again
My expression of devotion
The flowers that lay frozen on her grave
This is the only place I know she hears my voice; I bare my soul
The icy grip of loneliness surrounds me
Of roses and ruin.
(Lead: Rob)
A candle flickers with no breeze ... as the tallow slowly melts away
I pray to forces unseen ... as I cry out her name
My blood, it spills across her stone ... My blood, it spills across her stone
My pain, it drives me to this end ... I won't lose her again
And this time would be forever.
(Lead: Rob)
I awaken; I'm so cold ... My body drained; I feel so weak
My blood is spilled across the snow ... All I want to do is sleep
My head hangs heavy on her stone ... Has she crossed over; I can't tell?
I hear a voice but it isn't hers ... I have lost her again
Don't you recognize me?
(Lead: Rob)
Distorted spector
Driven mad by eternity
My beloved angel has turned on me
In desperation
We were both deceived
She sought to escape and I was left to bleed
Her realm is now inside my mind
And screaming she calls to me
(Now we'll never be alone)
I can never find peace
(This is where you longed to be)
What have I unleashed?
Of roses and ruin
She visits me once again
My expression of devotion
Has driven me to the ragged edge
There is no place I know to escape her voice; to free my soul
The icy grip of madness surrounds me
Of roses and ruin.