Hold out your roses
Tell me a secret I
Wish I could trust
The terror it poses for
Intimate knowledge of innermost faults in my mind

Throw me away
I’m less than a key to my
Hopes and my dreams
In scarlet I wax to a
Chemistry written in parliament parchment and signed

I’m sorry
I can’t be the man that I ought be
I can’t hold your hand when I
Dotter ’round dallies
Attending the tallies
Of crimes I atone for instead

And I know we
Were far meant for better than lonely
I do what I can, but I’m
Dropping the ball
Whenever you call out my name
For shame!

But it’s over!
We met in October and no more
I used up my body and no more
We sought for a future and I couldn’t move
Had something to prove
Was waiting for signals and hadn’t a clue so

I’m sorry
I lived no regrets like they’d tell me
I took no big chance when I
Wanted for more
I kept away safe
When I thought we could be
But at least now we’re free from ourselves