# THORNS THAT FEED *[Intro — distant clean guitar, distorted ambience, heartbeat-like kick]* The garden opened after midnight And something underneath began to breathe Petals turned their faces toward us Like mouths that finally learned to see Roots beneath the concrete Dragging through the streets Red beneath the moonlight Something's waking underneath **[VERSE 1 — harsh vocals]** I watched the roses move I watched them crawl toward the door Every thorn was splitting wider Every stem was begging for more They drank the blood from broken hands They tasted fear inside the rain Now every bloom has learned to hunger And every garden knows my name **[PRE-CHORUS — building]** DON'T LET THEM TOUCH YOU DON'T LET THEM IN THEY'RE GROWING TEETH BENEATH THEIR SKIN **[CHORUS — huge melodic clean vocal + screamed backing]** THE ROSES FEED TONIGHT THE ROSES FEED TONIGHT Beautiful little monsters DRINKING US ALIVE Their petals hide the teeth Their perfume hides the crime If you hear them whispering— RUN. BEFORE THEY BLOOM INSIDE. **[VERSE 2 — heavier]** Black vines around the windows Red flowers in the hall They've wrapped themselves around the bodies And pulled them through the wall The garden keeps on growing Though nothing's ever planted Every grave becomes a flower Every flower becomes famished I tried to burn the roots But fire only made them spread Now every ash becomes a petal And every petal wants the dead **[PRE-CHORUS]** DON'T LOOK INTO THE FLOWERS DON'T LISTEN WHEN THEY SING THEY KNOW THE SHAPE OF HUMAN FLESH THEY KNOW EVERYTHING **[CHORUS]** THE ROSES FEED TONIGHT THE ROSES FEED TONIGHT Beautiful little monsters DRINKING US ALIVE Their petals hide the teeth Their perfume hides the crime If you hear them whispering— RUN. BEFORE THEY BLOOM INSIDE. **[BREAKDOWN — half-time, 74 BPM feel]** *Guitars drop into enormous syncopated chugs.* ROOT. STEM. BLOOD. TEETH. THE GARDEN WANTS— **EVERYTHING.** *—massive pause—* CUT THE FLOWERS. **THEY GROW BACK.** BURN THE GARDEN. **THEY GROW BACK.** KILL THE ROOTS. **THEY GROW BACK.** *Gang vocals:* **THEY. GROW. BACK.** **[CHAOTIC BRIDGE — screams + dissonant guitars]** There is no cure! There is no soil! There is no grave deep enough To keep them from us! I saw a thousand crimson faces Turn toward me in the rain— And every single flower Was screaming out my name! **[QUIET BREAK — clean vocal]** Maybe the roses never changed... Maybe we were always food. *[Silence]* **[FINAL CHORUS — full instrumentation]** THE ROSES FEED TONIGHT THE ROSES FEED TONIGHT Beautiful little monsters DRINKING US ALIVE Their petals hide the teeth Their perfume hides the crime Now every street is blooming— AND EVERY BLOOM IS MINE. **THE ROSES FEED TONIGHT!** **THE ROSES FEED TONIGHT!** **[FINAL BREAKDOWN]** NO SUN. NO RAIN. NO MERCY. **JUST BLOOD IN THE ROOTS.** *One final gigantic chord.* **[Outro — whispered]** ...don't pick the roses.
