Killing me Sweetly The day you buy it The rose is soft and sweet Just starting to bloom A red so dark and deep It makes you look forever After a couple of days The rose starts to wilt It can't live forever On cold and loveless water. So when it's open enough And the colour has reached it's hight You take it out. Hang it upside down Kill it softly. Make its beauty last. Kill it sweetly. I'm not a flower, But I truly have my thorns. Don't hang me in your closet Don't wait until I'm stable. If you love me, Watch my beauty for now. Don't try to sustain it, Or it will be empty. Love doesn't last forever Don't try to make it. Enjoy the time we have now, Don't make it fake. Don't kill me softly. Don't push me aside Trying to make me last Don't kill me sweetly