Roses All Over Songtext
von Raynes

Like any stupid kid
I was convinced I had what it takes
I said the world′s gonna know my name
Then I turned twenty-eight
I wish I'd been a tragedy
A glimpse of what could have been
But there′s a limit to just how long
You can be a candle in the wind

Do it fast
'Cause the harder you crash
The bigger the splash becomes


I might not be getting inside
Some white mausoleum
My bones
May crumble to stone
With grass growing over my name
I might need a little more
(Little more time)
I don't wanna leave
(I don′t wanna leave)
With nothing to show for the mess I made
I want roses all over my grave

I′d've preferred the burning out to fading away
I′m older now than I've ever been
And I came all this way

I′m so sick of this, I
Just wish I could fly
Sure, Icarus died
But you've gotta think he loved it, up by the sun
Knowing he was doing something no one had done

How romantic
To blow all your chances
Thinking you can′t go wrong


I might not be getting inside
Some white mausoleum
My bones
May crumble to stone
With grass growing over my name
I might need a little more
(Little more time)
I don't wanna leave
(I don't wanna leave)
With nothing to show for the mess I made
I want roses all over my grave

I don′t need any
Reflecting pools or eternal flame
(Whenever I′m dreaming)
But when I'm dreaming
I light the fuse
Bracing for the bang
I wouldn′t really have minded
Turning into a terrible shame
If there were people in line
To lay down roses all over my grave

How romantic
To blow all your chances
Ashes to ashes
Everything's gone
If it′s true
That the past is the past
Then why does it last so long?

I might not be getting inside
Some white mausoleum
My bones
May crumble to stone
With grass growing over my name
I might need a little more
(Little more time)
I don't wanna leave
(I don′t wanna leave)
With nothing to show for the mess I made

Maybe I'll still go out with a bang
And have roses all over my grave