[Verse 1]
We planted hope in the garden bed
Where morning light once softly spread
Your laughter bloomed like jasmine vines
Twisting through my heart in tangled lines
But seasons shift, and petals fall
The sun grew tired of shining at all
You spoke in frost, I answered rain
And silence settled in the roots of pain
[Pre-Chorus]
I held your hand like a prayer I forgot
You let go slow, like it hurt you not
(Yeah, you let go slow)
[Chorus]
Now I walk through fields of memory
Where love once grew wild and free
But the thorns have claimed what time erodes
And all that's left is a wilted rose
No perfume, no bloom, just a stem that knows
How beauty fades when the cold wind blows
(Oh it blows, yeah, it blows)
[Verse 2]
We danced beneath the harvest moon
Your shadow left the room too soon
I traced your name in morning dew
But every drop just blurred the view
The letters curled like dying leaves
Truth unraveling in quiet thieves
You kissed like someone half awake
A dream too fragile for hearts to take
[Pre-Chorus]
I whispered “stay" in a voice made of thread
You turned away like the words were dead
(You turned away)
[Chorus]
Now I walk through fields of memory
Where love once grew wild and free
But the thorns have claimed what time erodes
And all that's left is a wilted rose
No perfume, no bloom, just a stem that knows
How beauty fades when the cold wind blows
(Oh it blows, yeah, it blows)
[Bridge]
I pressed your photo in a book of poems
Between the lines where sorrow roams
The ink ran dry, the pages tore
Like promises we made before
I wear your ghost like a second skin
A love that died but won't give in
The garden sleeps, the colors drain
And I still water it in vain
(Still water it, still water it)
[Breakdown]
I see you now in every storm
A face that used to feel so warm
But thunder speaks in your old tone
And lightning leaves me more alone
[Chorus]
Now I walk through fields of memory
Where love once grew wild and free
But the thorns have claimed what time erodes
And all that's left is a wilted rose
No perfume, no bloom, just a stem that knows
How beauty fades when the cold wind blows
(Oh it blows, yeah, it blows)
Wilted rose, you were mine
In another life, another time
(Another time, another time)
[Outro]
Wilted rose
Wilted rose
(Still love you though)