Tea for Teardrops

Red Rose

"Blood money paid to stem the slaughter he wreaked upon them with his armies, but the greed of Cortez was insatiable." -Barbarossa, Curse of the Black Pearl

I know the sound of the trumpets call

The violence and gore that freedom brings

Hear the nation's bawl

"All for one and one for all"

The silence that comes after the knock on your door

"We tried to save him, miss. Im sorry we couldn't do more."

So have a red rose

To take his place

Have a red rose

To take his place

Have some gold

Some blood money paid

But my mother shakes her head cos she knows

Aint no amount of stars gonna refund his soul

And I

I scream and I cry

Pulling my punches and shouting for all to hear

But the one that I want the most

They say to me

"He knew what he was signing up for. He knew what he was doing."

But nobody warned my brother of the price that it would cost

Nobody warned him of the price of his loss

So have a red rose

To take his place

Have a red rose

To take his place

Have some gold

Some blood money paid

So have a red rose

To take his place

Have a red rose

To take his place

Have some gold

Some blood money paid

No one cares about the pawns so long as theyre out of the way

No one cares about the pawns so long as the kings get their way

No one cares about the pawns so long as theyre out of the way

No one cares about the pawns so long as the kings get their way

So have a red rose

To take his place

Have a red rose

To take his place

Have some gold

Some blood money paid

But my mother shakes her head cos she knows

Aint no amount of stars gonna refund his soul

Aint no amount of apologies gonna be bring him home

Aint no amount of stars gonna refund his soul

Aint no amount of apologies gonna make me forgive him for not coming home

But on the bright side,

have a rose

Ive been taking some singing lessons and I want to be on the Voice and perhaps sing this song but we'll see.