The Garden and the Rose

Verse

When we arrived in the garden,

I stopped and saw the Rose

it's color was that of deepest red,

like blood from Him it flowed

Verse

It wasn't the place that I imagined,

where flowers all around did bloom

instead it was a place of loneliness,

like a vast and empty room

Verse

From the moon that pierced the clouds,

came a beam down to this place

it landed upon that lonely Rose,

I could see tears upon His face

Verse

At the time I didn't know why they fell,

we had just had a wonderful meal

but the words He shared in that Upper Room,

rang out like a ship bells final peal

Bridge

Then as we walked in that garden night,

no laughter seemed to come

our footsteps echoed across the vale,

like that of a lonely drum

Verse

I watched from a distance then,

as the Rose in sorrow prayed

His shoulders shaking with sobs so deep

it was hard to stay away

Verse

Then one by one the petals fell,

and graced the ground below

the beauty that once was the Rose,

had given up it's glow

Outro

Now arising from the ground,

was left a stem that knelt to pray

and footsteps were now a-coming,

and then they led the Rose away.

The garden now dark and empty,

but from the ground where the petals fell

grew roots of Faith and Hope,

that would soon break open the doors of hell.