Sandy Lee Casey - Red Like Roses Pt. II lyrics

[Verse 1: Casey Lee Williams] I couldn't take it, couldn't stand another minute; Couldn't bear another day without you in it All of the joy that I had known for all my life Was stripped away from me the minute that you died To have you in my life was all I ever wanted But now without you, I'm a soul forever haunted Can't help but feel that I had taken you for granted; No way in Hell that I can ever comprehend this I wasn't dreaming when they told me you were gone I was wide awake and feeling that they had to be wrong How could you leave me when you swore that you would stay? Now I'm trapped inside a nightmare every single f'ing day It's like a movie, but there's not a happy ending; Every scene fades black, and there's no pretending This little fairy tale doesn't seem to end well There's no knight in shining armor who will wake me from the spell I know you didn't plan this; You tried to do what's right But in the middle of this madness I'm the one you left to win this fight [Chorus: Casey Lee Williams] Red like roses Fills my head with dreams and finds me Always closer To the emptiness and sadness That has come to take the place of you [Verse 2: Sandy Lee Casey] I know you're broken down by anger and by sadness; You feel I left you in a world that's full of madness Wish I could talk to you, if only for a minute; Make you understand the reasons why I did it I wanna tell you that you're all that ever mattered; Want you to know that, for eternity, I'm shattered I tried so hard just to protect you, but I failed to And in a prison of abandonment I've jailed you I never planned that I would leave you there alone I was sure that I would see you when I made it back home And all the times I swore that it would be okay; Now I'm nothing but a liar, and you're thrown into the fray This bedtime story ends with misery ever after The pages are torn, and there's no final chapter I didn't have a choice, I did what I had to do; I made a sacrifice, but forced a bigger sacrifice on you I know you've lived a nightmare; I caused you so much pain But baby, please don't do what I did; I don't want you to waste your life in vain [Chorus: Casey] Red like roses Fills my head with dreams and finds me Always closer To the emptiness and sadness That has come to take the place of you [Bridge: Casey Lee Williams and Sandy Lee Casey] (Sandy:) You're not the only one who needed me; I thought you understood (Casey:) You were the one I needed, and you left me as I always feared you would (Sandy:) Would I change it if I could? (Casey and Sandy:) It doesn't matter how The petals scatter now Every nightmare just discloses It's your blood that's red like roses (Casey:) And no matter what I do Nothing ever takes the place of you [Guitar Solo] [Chorus: Casey] Red like roses Fills my head with dreams and finds me Always closer To the emptiness and sadness That has come to take the place of you