E                             G
1  +  2 + 3  + 4  + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 


Intro:  E   G  (x12) 
         

Verse:

G          E  
Nothing makes my heart so wild as being 

G       E                     G
In possession of a potent night, 

E                                    G
Racing down the stairs in a nude descension 

E           
Shedding and discarding my hide 

G        A                             C
But the bold strokes crack so quickly and it?s 

A                    G
Often that I wonder why 

E                                       G                          
Dripping at the slow motion rate of surrender 

E
Hanging to my bones as they dry 

G         D
How could I want something more 

             A 
than a new hell in which to fry 

G      E                          G
When I see in only black and white 


Bridge:  E   G   (x4) 


Verse: 

G          E  
There?s a sinful sort of side of being 

G         E                        G 
so contained, A bit like being lost. 

E                                                      G
Stumbling through the background like a small town loner 

E                                  G
quietly a whispering my thoughts into 

A                                C
my cupped hands, folded and monk-like, 

A                                 G
at least thats what i?ve always said. 

E                                              G
How does writing letters from the lonely margins 

E  
feel when there is no hair on my head? 

G       D                       A                     
Is the solitude I seek a trap where i?ve been blindly led? 

   G       E                         G 
Tell me, where then do I go instead?


Solo:  E     G   (x13) 


Verse: 

G     E
When atonement comes in distant waves 

G        E                         G 
I might wait until the next to break 

E                                               G    
choking through forgiveness at a sun fly prompter 

E           
staring through the back of my face. 

G      A                          C                 
It?s a vulgar, hidden part of being 

A                             G
tethered to the world right now; 

E                                        G
spending all my dollars to remain a member, 

E                                             
nothing in my eyes but a scowl. 

G      D                         A             
Do i bother to define myself beyond what they allow? 

G     E                      G
Have I already forgotten how?