Said what I needed to say, I guess
Left those words a-hanging like a red dress
A crimson rose, a hundred thorns
Don't ask me to explain for I do not know why
I've been keeping secrets for the first time in my life
A crimson rose, a hundred thorns
A crimson rose, a hundred thorns
So I went up to the mountain for to ease my mind
You drown yourself in sorrow with your drinking friends
A crimson rose, a hundred thorns
A crimson rose, a hundred thorns