C Am
I dreamt about a young December
G Em
(when I was just a child; not much to remember).
C Am
Everything was peaceful, calm, and kind
G Em
(the darkness came upon me and corrupted my young mind).
C Am
The world has greyed over the years
G Em
(all the things I feel have been blackened by my tears).
C Am
The child was held down to the table
G Em
(you will never know what it's like to feel stable).
C Am
I force a smile as I weep inside
G Em
(someone tell the world that the child has died).
C Am
I turn to stone; my spirit's numb
G Em
(someone tell the only Emperor that I'm cold and dumb).

Am Em
And here I find myself stranded and alone,
G
knowing things that no one deserves to have known.
Am Em
I want it to be over, I just want it to end,
G
but I keep thinking about it againagainagain—
Am Em
there is no other option, it will end with me dead.
G
Lay roses on my grave, lay roses bloody red.

C Am
Dear God, there's nowhere else to go
G Em
(here I am right now, buried in the snow).
C Am
There is no path that I can follow
G Em
(be a good small boy, hurry up and swallow).
C Am
There is no way I can escape
G Em
(feel yourself bleed out as you lie in fields of rape).
C Am
There is no one to hear my call
G Em
(writhing in your sleep as you remember your own fall).
C Am
No one will hear me as I scream
G Em
(you remember all your nightmares as they replace your dreams).
C Am
I'll just give in to my own destruction
G Em
(sometimes it all comes back in a violent eruption).

Am Em
And here I find myself stranded and alone,
G
knowing things that no one deserves to have known.
Am Em
I want it to be over, I just want it to end,
G
but I keep thinking about it againagainagain—
Am Em
there is no other option, it will end with me dead.
G
Lay roses on my grave, lay roses bloody red.

C Am
My face is torn by flaming tears
G Em
(look, how pathetic, she's clinging to her fears).
C Am
I lay me in my bed without a breath
G Em
(surely she is ill with a sickness unto death).
C Am
I can't understand why it was me
G Em
(it really gives you a sense of life as tragedy).
C Am
And I slip the knife under my pillow
G Em
(the dagger is stained with blood underneath the willow).
C Am
I swallow a hundred and go to bed
G Em
(your ears are ringing loud and everything's stained red).
C Am
My soul was trapped while I was ravished.
G Em
(Who the fuck am I to be smiling as I'm savaged?)

Am Em
And here I find myself stranded and alone,
G
knowing things that no one deserves to have known.
Am Em
I want it to be over, I just want it to end,
G
but I keep thinking about it againagainagain—
Am Em
there is no other option, it will end with me dead.
G
Lay roses on my grave, lay roses bloody red.
Am Em
There is no other option, it will end with me dead.
G
Lay roses on my grave, lay roses bloody red.
Am Em
There is no other option, it will end with me dead.
G
Lay roses on my grave, lay roses bloody red.
G
Lay roses on my grave, lay roses bloody red.