Roses - Skeleton Key

Hell’s one hundred acres are on fire

And the sky is black and bruised

Clear the decks

Clear the decks

Let the engines through

Gentlemen take ladies by the hand

To the threshold of a dream

Toe the line

Toe the line

To eternity

Cause roses

Roses

Perform

Each opens and closes

Thrown in life’s

Valentines still trace the lines

And arcs

Of bouquets that never got caught

Wish I may

Wish I might

This one’s over soon

Cause roses

Roses

Perform

Each opens and closes

Thrown in life’s

Cause roses

Roses

Perform

Each opens and closes

Thrown in life’s

Ashes

Ashes

And they all fall down