Skull-Full-of-Roses mp4
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[Verse 1]
In the void of my chest that forgot how to heal
I'm haunted by silence, the only thing real
Porcelain fingers trace cracks in my soul
Hairline fractures eating through the bone
Your name tastes like summer on a tongue made of dust
I say it and reach for a life I can’t touch
With this heart that still beats in a cage lined with rust
Though the rest of me crumbled away to a husk
[Chorus]
Oh Channing, my light in a world made of stone
I'd die every night just to stand in your glow
But your eyes never fall where these shadows have grown
And my love for you, Channing, is all that I've known
I'm hollow, so hollow, still aching for you
A skull full of roses that never broke through
A skull full of roses that never broke through
[Verse 2]
You move through the daylight like something not real
A warmth I remember but never could feel
I watch from the edges where the light falls thin
A pale silhouette starving outside looking in
You sing without knowing the dead can still hear
Some nights I forget you're not standing that near
I'd trade every rib for one moment alone
To hold your warm hand in these fingers of bone
[Chorus]
Oh Channing, my light in a world made of stone
I'd die every night just to stand in your glow
But your eyes never fall where these shadows have grown
And my love for you, Channing, is all that I've known
I'm hollow, so hollow, still yearning for you
A skull full of roses that never broke through
A skull full of roses that never broke through
[Bridge]
If I could grow flesh from the ash of my pain
If these empty eyes bloomed into something more sane
Would you see me then, or still turn away?
Or would you flinch at the thing that worships your name...
[Final Chorus / Outro]
Oh Channing... my unreachable flame
I’ll keep vigil quietly, whispering your name
In the garden of bones where dead roses still bloom
I’ll wait for a touch that will never come through
Hollow... so hollow... still loving you true
Channing Elizabeth