歌词讲的是一对男女看似浪漫的相遇相爱，三天后少女被男子杀死在野玫瑰盛开的地方.....

“I love you...I'll kill you...”
爱你，生怕不能和你在一起；
此时，在这盛满玫瑰的河边，
吻你，生怕不能和你在一起；
此时，让我们一起走向永恒，
于是，我杀了你，
因为，最美的玫瑰必将最早凋谢；
因为，我爱你，很爱，很爱你...

they call me the wild rose   他们叫我野玫瑰。
but my name was elisa day   但我的名字是艾丽莎．戴
why they call me it i do not know   不知道为什么他们这样叫我，
for my name was elisa day   我的名字应该叫艾丽莎．戴

from the first day i saw i knew she was the one   从第一天我看到她，我就知道非她莫属。
as she stared in my eyes and smiled   当她看着我的眼睛并且面泛微笑。
for her lips were the colour of the roses   她的嘴唇就像是玫瑰的颜色，
that grew down the river, all bloody and wild   那玫瑰会使河流变得血腥而狂野。

when he knocked on my door and entered the room   他敲开我的门，进入我的密闺。
my trembling subsided in his sure embrace   我颤抖着在他宽实的怀里，
he would be my first man, and with a careful hand   我知道他将成为我第一个男人，
he wiped at the tears that ran down my face   他却小心翼翼擦去我脸上的泪水。

on the second day i brought her a flower   第二天我给她带去了一朵玫瑰。
se was more beautiful than any woman i'd seen   她看起来胜过以前我见过的任何一个女人，
i said,"do you know where the wild roses grow   我说：你知道哪里的野玫瑰能长如你般，
so sweet and scarlet and free?"   甜美鲜红而且自由？

on the second day he came with a single red rose   第二天他带来了一朵玫瑰。
he said:"will you give me your loss and your sorrow?"   问我是否愿意把伤心失落交托给他？
i nodded my head, as i lay on the bed   我躺在床上，轻轻颔首。
he said,"if i show you the roses will you follow?"   他说：如果我带你看玫瑰你是否愿意？

on the third day he took me to the river   第三天他带我去了那条河边。
he showed me the roses and we kissed   他给我看了玫瑰然后亲吻了我，
and the last thing i heard was a muttered word   后来我最后听到的只是呢喃情语，
as he stood smiling above me with a rock in his fist   当他手里拿着一块石头笑着站在我上面。

on the last day i took her where the wild roses grow 最后一天，我带她去了野玫瑰生长的地方。
and she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief 她静静地躺在河边,风轻轻地飘,不敢惊动她。
as i kissed her goodbye,i said,"all beauty must die"我吻别了她,并无奈地说:美的归宿终是死亡。
and lent down and planted a rose between her teeth   然后欠身在她齿间插上了一朵玫瑰。