April is the waking-time spring stirs up my aching mind Lilacs grow in empty fields, but that ain't all the springtime yields Sometimes you forget just what you planted in the pouring rain When you bend the roses, what do you see When you knew yourself, did you know me How much can a man forget, how much will a man regret When he bends the roses Examining a severed line Between cowardice and being kind Sometimes when the world goes white, I call your name with all my might And hope that you can hear my voice like memories inside your mind When you bend the roses, what do you see And when you knew yourself, did you know me How much can a man forget, how much can a man regret When he bends the roses And you'll take the high road And I'll take the low road And I'll never see you, I'll never see you again And you'll take the high road And I'll take the low road And I'll never see you, I'll never see you again When you bend the roses, what do you see And when you saw yourself, did you see me How much will a man forget, how much will a man regret, When he's bent the roses Come back from that graveyard-place To meet the God that you replaced