Intro: Em  A2  Em    Em  Esus4/C  Em     G  Esus4/C  Em     Em  A  Em 


Em
All shapes and colours
           A2
Rolled and stained in aging hands
Em
Sculpted explosions, histories unfold
Em                          Esus4/C
Our Jackson Pollocked earth turns
         Em
A silent witness


G
Lonely as silent
Esus4/C               Em
Poets bequeath best attempts
  D                 Cmaj7
Romanticising the brutality
       A2            Em
Of the ages and of us
      Emadd9
Avarice and lust


Cmaj7                                   Em
    Love and death, and death and love
D
Brutal romance
Cmaj7                                      Em
    The silver thread, the sharpened knife
  D
A spinning slow-dance
Cmaj7         D
    I can't remember before
Em                   G/B             Cmaj7
Warmth in the veins, lead in the core
D            Em
Brutal romance


Em                   A2
You're dripping with gold
             Em
Mine is more interior
Em       Esus4/C  Em
Yours is sinking  you
Em              
Men at attention
Esus4/C        Em
Devouring a drowning fleet
D             Cmaj7   A2   Em   Emadd9
Epaulettes of charm


Cmaj7                                   Em
    Love and death, and death and love
D
Brutal romance
Cmaj7                                      Em
    The silver thread, the sharpened knife
     D
In a spinning slow-dance
Cmaj7         D
    I can't remember before
Em                   G/B              Cmaj7
Breath in the lungs, blood on the door
B             Em
Brutal romance


Instrumental (x4): Em  G  D  C


      Em      G
And I want to sing
     D             C
Over them and into them
     Em    G    D    C
What can't be unsung
      Em      G
And I want to sing         
     D            C
Over you and into you
     Em    G    D    C
What can't be unsung
(x2)


Cmaj7                                   Em
    Love and death, and death and love
D
Brutal romance
Cmaj7                                      Em
    The silver thread, the sharpened knife
  D
A spinning slow-dance
Cmaj7         D
    I can't remember before
Em                 G/B            Cmaj7
Washing of wounds, won inner wars
B             A     Cmaj7
Brutal romance
B             A     Cmaj7
Brutal romance
B             Em
Brutal romance