In "Rose," Kings of Leon tend a planted flower as both promise and farewell, knowing the parting was inevitable. The first kiss stretched across two lifetimes of heartache and hope, yet the road only narrows once they leave, and there is no coming back. Fire becomes the song’s hardest truth: holding a heart to the flames turns everything black until gold finally emerges. It is a tender, unflinching goodbye that insists loss and devotion can grow from the same soil.
Rose Lyrics by Kings of Leon
There’s a rose in the garden
I planted for you
I knew this day was coming
It was the right thing to do
For the load don’t get any lighter
‘Til you throw it all away
When we kissed our first kiss
Who could have known
It would last two lifetimes
Through heartaches and homes
For the road don’t get any wider
Once you go, you don’t come back
We gon’ let it ride
(Got you by my side, we will survive)
(We gon’ let it ride, staying alive)
(Got you by my side, we will survive)
(We gon’ let it ride, staying alive)
What’s it gonna be?
(Got you by my side, we will survive)
What do you have for me?
(We gon’ let it ride, staying alive)
You know you’re not alone
(Got you by my side, we will survive)
I look at you looking heavenly
(We gon’ let it ride, staying alive)
I’m gonna get you where you’re going
Where the road don’t get any wider
Once you go, there’s no coming back
When you hold
(Got you by my side, we will survive)
Your heart to the fire
(We gon’ let it ride, staying alive)
All the gold
(Got you by my side, we will survive)
Comes from the black
(We gon’ let it ride, staying alive)
(We gon’ let it ride, staying alive)
We gon’ let it ride
We gon’ let it ride
