April is the waking-time
spring stirs up my aching mind
Lilacs grow in empty fields, but that ain't all the springtime yields
Sometimes you forget just what you planted in the pouring rain
When you bend the roses, what do you see
When you knew yourself, did you know me
How much can a man forget, how much will a man regret
When he bends the roses
Examining a severed line
Between cowardice and being kind
Sometimes when the world goes white, I call your name with all my might
And hope that you can hear my voice like memories inside your mind
When you bend the roses, what do you see
And when you knew yourself, did you know me
How much can a man forget, how much can a man regret
When he bends the roses
And you'll take the high road
And I'll take the low road
And I'll never see you, I'll never see you again
And you'll take the high road
And I'll take the low road
And I'll never see you, I'll never see you again
When you bend the roses, what do you see
And when you saw yourself, did you see me
How much will a man forget, how much will a man regret,
When he's bent the roses
Come back from that graveyard-place
To meet the God that you replaced