Mystery of a Blood Red Rose

Album: Ghostlights (2016)
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  • We've played our roles in our passion plays
    They've imposed on us right from the cradle
    No matter what you dream, beware of what you say
    Until the coghweel's out of control to burst out of place

    No time to breathe, don't have no time to waste
    Bring on the night, seize every drop of life away
    Slice a tasty hour from (or in a blink it will be gone)
    A stranding future bring it on

    Mystery of a blood red rose
    Burning like a raging fire
    When the day's been torn apart we'll leave it behind

    Mystery of a blood red rose
    Feasting on a blind desire
    Let the scent of poisonous flowers tempt me away

    A sweet temptation and a pure red rose
    While the hour don't wait for a blink to cram the past
    I'll get a move on
    No hesitation makes no one a better man
    I can't wait to finally know now what is gonna show now in

    Mystery of a blood red rose
    Burning like a raging fire
    When the day's been torn apart we'll leave it behind

    Mystery of a blood red rose
    Future glowing on a pyre
    Let the scent of a poisonous rose tempt me away

    Boy, reach out for what is due
    Or you'll lap up what's left for you
    Throw ourselves into the waves
    And as the grinding wheel of time
    Is grinding out the chimes
    To echoe in the night

    We're off into the moonshine

    Mystery of a blood red rose
    Burning like a raging fire
    When the day's been torn apart we'll leave it behind

    Mystery of a blood red rose
    Future glowing on a pyre
    Let the scent of a poisonous rose tempt me away

    And I will waste no time tonight
    And I don't waste no time at all
    Tonight Writer/s: Tobias Sammet
    Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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