Slowing down everything to a still
So I can spend one last moment with you
Before you leave my arms, my sweet rose

I see your painted lips
Silver in the moons gaze
Your eyes shimmering darkly

My rose of night
I was lost before you
And now that you're leaving....

I saw the thorns
But took hold
I offered the blood as a token of love

You were my everything
My love my sin
I had my faith in you

I stroked your cheek
Drop after drop descending onto your cheek
Streaking along your face
Bars of blood, bars of the flesh
In prayer to hold you a little longer in life

I have no way to live
Without my Black Rose
The soft petals turned pale
Never allowed to smell her sweetness again

I sleep through nightmares of
A soft touch upon my cheek
A loving kiss 

If I am lucky I will wake only to cry
Having to lose you every night
Year after year
It is more than my heart can take

I write every word for you
I intake every breath remembering you
And with every exhale I smile
No sorrow will be seen

I give an embrace to you on the anniversary 
Then lay you down anew upon the earth
Letting the thorns prick me and blood spill over the ground
Watch as the rose so young withers and dies
Becoming your name sake