Song Description

The song tracks the dual-nature of so many relationships, where there is a growth aspect (weaving, tapestry, seamstress) and a destructive aspect (bird of prey, talons, scars). Similarly, the metaphor of "roses on a powderkeg" suggests that dual nature of

Lyrics

You loomed with love so sweet and round
The framework of my heart
The tapestry you weaved and spun
Disguised my open scars

But scars run deep and memory long
The flesh deformed and red
With talon claws you tore them all
By something that you said

Now I'm all alone
I'm all alone again
The roses on the powder keg
With petals all gone dry

If feathers could a needle thread
Those scars would closéd be
But wings can't mend what hands can do
Nor make their victims free

Too late I saw your swooping form
Your predatory smile
My flesh was there for you to share
And feast upon awhile

But I'm all alone
I'm all alone again
The roses on the powder keg
With petals all gone dry

I fell to earth a long hard fall
All broken by the breeze
Which roared around my grasping arms
And all that I could seize

You flew away and turned your head
And trained your eagle eye
For soaring over high terrain
Continuing to fly

I'm all alone
I'm all alone goodbye
The roses on the powder keg
With petals all gone dry
I'm all alone