C  G  Em  D  C  G  D

[Verse 1]
C            G
  Red on the carpet floor
Em          D                C
  Is all forgiven or forever stored
        G
In each lie we tell
D             Em                          C        G  D
  And in each silence that we choose not to fill
C            G
  Truth is a part of me died
Em               D                         C
  When you said "I don't really want to be alive"
G
Time stood still
D        Em                  C       G  D
  And it hasn't really moved since

[Chorus]
Em                          C G   D
   As the torrents bend the tired pines
Bm     Em           C     G    D
I cave in to what I can't make right
Em         C
My shield, my shroud
G                         D
  Does it clear or does it cloud?
   Em      Bm    C
My shield, my shroud
        G               D
Does it clear or does it cloud?
D
My breaker, my keeper
D                   C
My breaker, my keeper

 G  Em  D  C  G  D

[Verse 2]
C              G
  Your sorrow, your martyrdom
Em           D                     C        G          D
  Lord knows I harbour some of the same darkness in my mind
        Em                    C               G  D
Now the spaces seem to grow between the light
C             G            Em
  Frightened, fearful words, all that you swear
    D                   C           G         D
You believe, you didn't deserve all you decry
          Em                      C              G  D
Well it's all been burned so deep inside my mind


[Chorus]
Em                          C G   D
   As the torrents bend the tired pines
Bm     Em           C     G    D
I cave in to what I can't make right
Em         C
My shield, my shroud
G                         D
  Does it clear or does it cloud?
   Em      Bm     C
My thread, my way out
        G               D
My only hope and all my doubt
D
My breaker, my keeper


[Bridge]
        Em
I was a shoe horn, I was a crowbar
      C         G
I was your Ohio Blue Tip
      D                   Em
I was your old man, I was a best friend
      C                 D
I was there and that is all
        Em
I was a shoe horn, I was a crowbar
      C         G
I was your Ohio Blue Tip
           D                Em
I was your old man, I was a best friend
      C                 D
I was there and that is all


[Outro]
D
My breaker, my keeper
D
My breaker, my keeper
D
My breaker, my keeper
D                   C
My breaker, my keeper