They build it up just to burn it back down They seem wild but they are so tame Let's go downtown and watch the modern kids Let's go downtown and talk to the modern kids They will eat right out of your hand Using great big words that they don't understand

Now you only bring me black roses I lay low, lay low, And they crumble in the dust when they're held. I'm not under your spell, And watch the bridges burn. Under your spell. Now you only bring me black roses. And I'm done try'na be the one, I can see

Now you only bring me black roses I lay low, lay low, And they crumble in the dust when they're held. I'm not under your spell, And watch the bridges burn. Under your spell. Now you only bring me black roses. And I'm done try'na be the one, I can see

I burn it down Just to watch it go So everybody knows Just to see it torched I hate it to the core You think you know me You don't know shit I've seen the world through your eyes And it makes me sick

Now you only bring me black roses I lay low, lay low, And they crumble in the dust when they're held. I'm not under your spell, And watch the bridges burn. Under your spell. Now you only bring me black roses. And I'm done try'na be the one, I can see

We were tangled up in a blanket on the sand And the moonlight, watchin' that tide roll in Her skin on mine, the only thing I got on my mind Is a two-piece memory of her and me layin' on the beach And her sunburnt lips on me, yeah, her sunburnt lips Back

Now you only bring me black roses I lay low, lay low, And they crumble in the dust when they're held. I'm not under your spell, And watch the bridges burn. Under your spell. Now you only bring me black roses. And I'm done try'na be the one, I can see

Now you only bring me black roses I lay low, lay low, And they crumble in the dust when they're held. I'm not under your spell, And watch the bridges burn. Under your spell. Now you only bring me black roses. And I'm done try'na be the one, I can see

Burn me alive Set me on fire And watch me die Watch me resurrect Right before your eyes And watch me burn And watch me I feel this is the beginning The beginning through the end

Don't tell me it's too late, I'm stuck at heaven's gate Strike a match and start a wildfire I'll own all my mistakes, won't give you what you take Watch you burning in the wildfire We won this war, we cursed and swore I could never own up, I need to