Watering Roses

(album: Barstool Confessions - 2023)

We've been back and forth, going round and round
Beat that dead horse into the ground
Caught between a hard place and a rock
My mom's still holding out hope for us
But some cuts cut too deep to patch up
If I knew how to rip that band-aid off

Then I might finally let you go this time
But I keep trying to bring us back to life

I've been watering the roses that ain't ever gonna grow
There's only so much you can try to fill up a heart when it's got a hole
Guess I don't know when to quit
And that's the little bit of loving you that hurts the most
I've been watering the roses that ain't ever gonna grow

Like I'm waiting on spring, but it just won't come
Them pretty pink petals, well, I ain't seen one
So why the hell can't I just say I'm done?
'Cause damn you make it hard to say goodbye
I wish that I knew how to just let it die

I've been watering the roses that ain't ever gonna grow
There's only so much you can try to fill up a heart when it's got a hole
Guess I don't know when to quit
And that's the little bit of loving you that hurts the most
I've been watering the roses that ain't ever gonna grow

How do you know if you're holding on a little too long?
How do you know if it's good or if it's good as gone?

I've been watering the roses that ain't ever gonna grow
There's only so much you can try to fill up a heart when it's got a hole
Don't know when to quit
And that's the little bit of loving you that hurts the most
I've been watering the roses that ain't ever gonna grow

I've been watering the roses that ain't ever gonna grow