Ash and Wild Roses

Beneath a blood-red willow tree I stand

My boots sunk deep in this haunted land

The night wind whispers secrets of the dead

And memories of you circle in my head

Old ghosts are stirrin’ in the weeds

Mercy’s a prayer no one heeds

My heart needs a new start

Rising from these broken parts

Ash and wild roses bloom through the scars

Callin’ me home in the dark

My heart needs a new start

The river’s black with stories never told

Lanterns flicker, shadows brave and bold

You vanished like the dawn’s first fragile snow

But love’s strange embers in this midnight grow

Old ghosts are stirrin’ in the weeds

Mercy’s a prayer no one heeds

My heart needs a new start

Rising from these broken parts

Ash and wild roses bloom through the scars

Callin’ me home in the dark

My heart needs a new start

Let the crows cry prophecy above the field

Let sorrow shape the truth I have to wield

Through graveyard gates and carried by regret

I’ll ride until forgiveness and the dawn have met

My heart needs a new start

Rising from these broken parts

Ash and wild roses bloom through the scars

Callin’ me home in the dark

My heart needs a new startAsh in my veins, roses on my mind

Tonight I leave the past behind