When I'm Broken Lyrics - Singles - The New York Room

a wilting rose 

the dying day 

my darkest hour 

thunder and rain 

a candle glows 

lighting my way 

lament and mourn 

cry out in vain (X2) 

red by night, black by day 

a bleeding heart, a child at play 

a spiders web, the gilded cage 

in shady gloom, the silent rage 

when I am lonely 

and I keep the world at bay 

with you only 

I can wish it all away 

and when I am broken 

dont put me on a shelf 

or cast adrift 

please dont leave me by myself 

am I asleep, is this a dream? 

or is it real, just as it seems 

I cannot believe, how can it be? 

when I dont bleed, when I cant scream 

scarce are made 

a garden gray 

reeds and stalks 

stone and clay 

the winter wind 

whispers my name 

then echoing 

cries out in vain (X2) 

seasons of mist, the morning dew 

the midnight storm and thoughts of you 

the barren fields, thickets and thorn 

bristles my skin, bruises my soul 

when I am lonely 

and I keep the world at bay 

with you only 

I can wish it all away 

and when I am broken 

dont put me on a shelf 

or cast adrift 

please dont leave me by myself 

am I asleep, is this a dream? 

or is it real, just as it seems 

I cannot believe, how can it be? 

when I dont bleed, when I cant scream