I saw you in the garden I wanted you so muchnI really thought that you were differentnOh I couldn't get enoughnnI tried to save you from yourselfnI felt every high and lownBut the lows have drowned the highs awaynnow there's no where else to gonnBlack rose your thorns are cutting into me for the last timenBlack rose I watched your petals wilt awaynI couldn't bring you back to life!nnYou were always where the sun could never gonI never wanted you to have to be alonenBut I couldn't find a way to help you grownBlack RosennYou never tell me how you feelnand your moods they always changenI really tried to make it realnbut you never had the faithnI tried to give you something goodnto take the pain awaynI tried to make you understandnYou don't have to be this waynnBlack rose your thorns are cutting into me for the last timenBlack rose I watched your petals wilt awaynI couldn't bring you back to life!nnYou were always where the sun could never gonI never wanted you to have to be alonenBut I couldn't find a way to help you grownBlack RosennI'm not the one who hurt you So why are you so scared?n(I couldn't save you) (You are who you are)nAll that you've been put through couldn't be repairedn(I couldn't break through) (we're too far apart)nnI'm not the one who hurt I'm the only one who caresn(I couldn't save you) (You are who you are)nYou'll need someone to turn to And I will not be theren(I couldn't save you)nnEvery time I held you I knew that it would hurtnOnly through the pain I could find a way to learnnnBlack rose your thorns are cutting into me for the last timenBlack rose I watched your petals wilt awaynSaw them wilt away, couldn't bring you back to life!nnYou were always where the sun could never gonI never wanted you to have to be alonenBut I couldn't find a way to help you grownBlack RosennI'm not the one who hurt you So why are you so scared?n(I couldn't save you) (You are who you are)nAll that you've been put through couldn't be repairedn(I couldn't break through) (we're too far apart)nnI'm not the one who hurt I'm the only one who caresn(I couldn't save you) (You are who you are)nYou'll need someone to turn to And I will not be theren(I couldn't save you)