You're standing off the white church,
And your pitching me three words.
It yells a name
Falling off my-
Off my list of names.

Those crashing lights,
Life is just like that-
It's easy to forget.
When we make plans,
And for the second I hit cold,
As the dirt black night grows close.

Who has been painting
My roses red?

And I have nothing to show for you now.
And I have nothing to show for you now.
I never wanted
(I never wanted)
I never wanted
To play the fool for you.

The dead come out
As the beautiful ones are chosen.
To dance and shout,
Terrified, and holding
Onto the one and only thing they ever had-
A heart that's not dead,
But is dying in their hands.

Why don't you, you never get tan?
You try and try but you just don't.
Your crying eyes they start to bleed-
How come I can't get no-

Why don't you, you never get tan?
You try and try but you just don't.
Your crying eyes they start to bleed-
How come I can't get no sleep?

Your smile grew thin
As your family talked,
Arrived singing a holiday song
That didn't stop until you drank too much.
How come I'm so out of touch?

And I have nothing to show for you now
And I have nothing to show for you now
I never wanted
(I never wanted)
I never wanted
To play the fool for you.