Bells & Roses - Rosanne Cash

Everything was mine

But it’s long stripped away

I stand here naked as the stars

And silent as a grave

If you see who I really am

Or you still wanna stay

There’s a danger in this love

And I wanna 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

And if you say I must

But I rather let it go

The people I will never trust

And the things that I can’t know

Kiss you until we turn to stone

I’ll fight you till we’re blind

But you love me when you’re left alone

And it makes me wanna die

Bells and roses

If they wake up the senses to

Remind me who I am

Bells and roses

The gifts of the spirit shall not be squandered on one man

Everything was mine

But it’s long stripped away

Will you love me if I’m naked

Or I’m silent as a grave

You don’t have to answer now

But you might learn to pray

And I’ll step down off this cross

Into a life that I can change

Bells and roses

They fill up the silence

In the place where he once laid

Bells and roses

A sign of survival

And the price I had to pay

Bells and roses

Bells and roses