Tooth and hair

All the brittle bones fired up
What was left of the body burned
Teenage scars in fine white lines
Nerves that were once young and alive

It's the memories that live, they say
But they went out with yesterday
How quick these bright lights seem to fade

It was your last night with the roses
And now they're laying at your sides
If living was easy you'd be doing it tonight

Earth feeds off skin and fingernails
Tills the land with tooth and hair
Once you lose it all will go
Blame yourself for love you failed to show

Time's a test, tells sordid tales
And at its best forgets how we have failed
Redirects the paths that have derailed

It was your last night with the roses
And now they're laying at your sides
If living was easy you'd be doing it tonight