[Chorus]
Dress me in black, cover me in roses
Stand at the back, I'll wear my best clothes, yeah
Pretend to be sad, but they saw it coming
And they'll say, "No way, she was always smiling"
Dress me in black, cover me in roses
Stand at the back, I'll wear my best clothes, yeah
Pretend to be sad, but they saw it coming
And they'll say, "No way, she was always smiling"
[Verse 1]
My bed, I feel like a prisoner in my head
Never stops, on autopilot
I bet, I could put an end to it tonight
[Pre-Chorus]
No one says it's easy
No onе says it's fun
No one loves the lonеly
Or broken 'til their done (I think I'm ready now)
[Chorus]
Dress me in black, cover me in roses
Stand at the back, I'll wear my best clothes, yeah
Pretend to be sad, but they saw it coming
And they'll say, "No way, she was always smiling"
Dress me in black, cover me in roses
Stand at the back, I'll wear my best clothes, yeah
Pretend to be sad, but they saw it coming
And they'll say, "No way, she was always smiling"
[Post-Chorus]
Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na
And they'll say, "No way, she was always smiling"
[Verse 2]
It's not that I don't have happy feelings
I know, I'm just living for no reason
I might put an end to it tonight
[Pre-Chorus]
No one says it's easy
No one says it's fun
No one loves the lonely
Or broken 'til their done (I think I'm ready now)
[Chorus]
Dress me in black, cover me in roses
Stand at the back, I'll wear my best clothes, yeah
Pretend to be sad, but they saw it coming
And they'll say, "No way, she was always smiling"
Dress me in black, cover me in roses
Stand at the back, I'll wear my best clothes, yeah
Pretend to be sad, but they saw it coming
And they'll say, "No way, she was always smiling"
[Post-Chorus]
And they'll say, "No way, she was always smiling"
[Outro]
Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na
(And they'll say, "No way, she was always smiling")
roses was written by Mike Wise & Alyssa Reid.
roses was produced by Mike Wise.
Alyssa Reid released roses on Fri Feb 11 2022.
Often I start writing and let my subconscious tell the story. I won’t even know how I’m feeling until I’ve finished writing about it. “Roses” kind of wrote itself. I sat down at the piano one day, picked a starting chord and the entire song just spilled out. I wasn’t thinking about how others might...