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Arkan421 wrote: Hmm, this is a real mystery... Based on the sister's interactions with each other there is no implications that either was disowned or the parents divorcing. This really is strange. I hope they explain this in the future.

Yup all we know is that Ruby visits a place, likely the burial site of a member of the Rose family and that Sandy has confirmed she was singng from the point of view of Summer in Red Likes Roses Part II.

Actually come to think of it...

Gold - A promise from one person (Assumed to be Yang) to another (assumed to be Ruby) that they will do all in their power to protect them and keept them safe from harm.

I May Fall - An exclamation that the protagonist will not meet their end at the hands of the unidentified threat. Interestingly the song fades out without repeating the words "But not like this, it won't be by your hands." Perhaps the protagonist did fall?

Red Like Roses - An impossible conversation between Ruby and a dead guardian that swore to protect her and died in vain doing so.

IF Yang's name really is Yang Rose and could therefore be translated to Sun Rose which relates to Summer Rose, then perhaps these songs are actually detailing how history will repeat itself. The person closest to Ruby promises to protect her, and goes to extreme lengths (to the point of actually fighting the threat) to fulfill that promise, however they fail to stop whomever it is that wants Ruby dead. Ruby then blames said guardian for abandoning her because she needed the comfort, not the protection.

Following the death of her guardian the next closest person to Ruby (her sister) stands by her side and offers her the comfort that her mother once offered her. In Gold Yang has promised Ruby that nothing will ever harm her, could the songs be foreshadowing Yang's fate? If so could this cycle continue until we reach a point that Ruby is capable of defeating the threat on her own? Could Weiss be the next victim after Yang in a twisted game of misery?

I'm sure it's nothing quite that extensive though...