I'd rather think, she is depressive and he tries (in vain) to help her live again. Like he says "You were always where the sun could never go
I never wanted you to have to be alone
But I couldn't find a way to help you grow"
I think this song is about his decision to leave her, because he finally understood that her depression brings him down, too ("I tried to save you from yourself I felt every high and low
now the lows have drowned the highs away now there's no where else to go") and that he can't help her anyway. He really tried to help her but he never reached her so he has to leave, before she hurts him too much. ("Black rose your thorns are cutting into me for the last time
Black rose I watched your petals wilt away I couldn't bring you back to life") It's like he suffers from her depression nearly as much as she does, because he can't understand why she can't open herself even to him. ("I'm not the one who hurt you So why are you so scared") So it's the best for him to leave her.
On the other hand I think he feels guilty - because he tries so often to explain that he tried to help her. He just wasn't able to. He don't seem to be quite sure if it's really the best to leave her. So he made himself suffer again and again to find the strength to make up his mind. ("Every time I held you I knew that it would hurt
Only through the pain I could find a way to learn"
I'd rather think, she is depressive and he tries (in vain) to help her live again. Like he says "You were always where the sun could never go I never wanted you to have to be alone But I couldn't find a way to help you grow" I think this song is about his decision to leave her, because he finally understood that her depression brings him down, too ("I tried to save you from yourself I felt every high and low now the lows have drowned the highs away now there's no where else to go") and that he can't help her anyway. He really tried to help her but he never reached her so he has to leave, before she hurts him too much. ("Black rose your thorns are cutting into me for the last time Black rose I watched your petals wilt away I couldn't bring you back to life") It's like he suffers from her depression nearly as much as she does, because he can't understand why she can't open herself even to him. ("I'm not the one who hurt you So why are you so scared") So it's the best for him to leave her. On the other hand I think he feels guilty - because he tries so often to explain that he tried to help her. He just wasn't able to. He don't seem to be quite sure if it's really the best to leave her. So he made himself suffer again and again to find the strength to make up his mind. ("Every time I held you I knew that it would hurt Only through the pain I could find a way to learn"