Roses for the dead

Just to say we're sorry For the black eyes and bleeding lips And its hard to forget How many lies we told Or how old we'd grown Before I said goodbye So lets scrape our knees On the playground Its not your fault You feel ok Its too late in the day Its not your fault You feel betrayed You cant come out to play I never listened to a word You never said I never listened to a word You never said Wasting the hours now We're all suckers for tragedies And start this over again And you bring us to our knees As sunrise comes And the story will sell A few hundred papers So we'll follow you up So raise your hands up high And let this rain pour on So raise your hands up high And wash us away Like innocence and childbirth You look just like your mother You look just like your father Forgive him our father Your son is smiling So lay roses around you