a wilting rose   the dying day   my darkest hour   thunder and rain      a candle glows   lighting my way   lament and mourn   cry out in vain (X2)      red by night, black by day   a bleeding heart, a child at play   a spiders web, the gilded cage   in shady gloom, the silent rage      when I am lonely   and I keep the world at bay   with you only   I can wish it all away   and when I am broken   dont put me on a shelf   or cast adrift   please dont leave me by myself      am I asleep, is this a dream?   or is it real, just as it seems   I cannot believe, how can it be?   when I dont bleed, when I cant scream      scarce are made   a garden gray   reeds and stalks   stone and clay      the winter wind   whispers my name   then echoing   cries out in vain (X2)      seasons of mist, the morning dew   the midnight storm and thoughts of you   the barren fields, thickets and thorn   bristles my skin, bruises my soul      when I am lonely   and I keep the world at bay   with you only   I can wish it all away   and when I am broken   dont put me on a shelf   or cast adrift   please dont leave me by myself      am I asleep, is this a dream?   or is it real, just as it seems   I cannot believe, how can it be?   when I dont bleed, when I cant scream