Throw the Roses

Embalm me and throw me in the fire
 Only ashes remain
 but my soul soars higher
 In this life I've led so far,
 it's sickening
 I need to die to myself,
 this is my reckoning
 The skies are turning black on me
 As I watch the colors fade away
 Throw the roses on my grave
 My life is Yours,
 so take it away!
 So close my casket
 and erase my mind
 And bury it so deep
 I won't come back to fight
 Like broken petals You come falling down to me
 The cards we're dealt is not how it has to be
 And I know life's a fragile thing
 But You can break mine
 The skies are turning black on me
 As I watch the colors fade away
 Throw the roses on my grave
 My life is Yours, so take it away!
 I'm so tired of being alone
 So draw near to me
 I've always been afraid of death
 But now I welcome You
 Welcome it openly!
 The skies are turning black on me
 As I watch the colors fade away
 The skies are turning black on me
 As I watch the colors fade away
 Throw the roses on my grave
 My life is Yours, so take it away!
 So take it away!