G B7 C B7
G B7 C B7


[Verse 1]

G                 B7
You, there on the bridge
               C                 B7
Where have you been, what's your name?
    G                 B7
And you, there on the wall
               C                B7
Where will you go to, once you fall?
G            B7
You, lost at sea
            C               B7
Do you need me, do you need directions?
G                 B7
Hey, put down the gun
             C
What are you thinking?
         B7        C
You were someone's son


[Chorus]

    G        
The taste of tears
    B7       
The sting of pain
    C       
The smell of fear
    B7                G
The sounds of crying, oh

B7 C B7


[Verse 2]

  G               B7                  C
A long, long time ago, I fell to this place
             B7
From another dimension
    G                  B7
And thrust amongst the beasts
                 C                      B7
And the way they behave, it borders on dementia
G                     B7
Now through all these years
             C
I can barely take it
                    B7
I don't think I can make it
G                 B7
Take me away from here
             C
I want to go home
       B7
I'm so sick and tired of


[Chorus]

    G        
The taste of tears
    B7       
The sting of pain
    C       
The smell of fear
    B7                G
The sounds of crying, oh
                                      B7
As you stand here at the edge of your life
            C
What do you remember?
       B7
Was it all you wanted?
G                                    B7
I'm trying to earn a set of feathery wings
               C
I wish I could protect you here
    B7
Oh, please don't cry, now 
G                                           B7
Smile as you stand here at the edge of your life
                  C
Your troubles are over
              B7
Mine are just beginning
G                                    B7
I'm trying to earn a set of feathery wings
           C
To take me away from here
     B7                 G
It's me you leave behind

B7 C B7


[Bridge]

C           D                 C
Oh, if only I could have been there
         D             C
I'd be a hand for the sinking
        D                 C
If only I could have been there
         D              C
I'd be a prayer for the dying
        D                 C
See the pain etched in my face,
           B7
Oh, I'm so sick and tired of


[Chorus]

    G        
The taste of tears
    B7       
The sting of pain
    C       
The smell of fear
    B7                G
The sounds of crying, oh
                                      B7
As you stand here at the edge of your life
            C
What do you remember?
       B7
Was it all you wanted?
G                                    B7
I'm trying to earn a set of feathery wings
               C
I wish I could protect you here
    B7
Oh, please don't cry, now, 
G                                           B7
Smile as you stand here at the edge of your life
                  C
Your troubles are over
              B7
Mine are just beginning
G                                    B7
I'm trying to earn a set of feathery wings
           C
To take me away from here
     B7                 
It's me you leave 


[Bridge]

       G
You're gone from here
      B7
Don't leave from here
      C
Don't leave me here
  B7
I hate it here
       G
You're gone from here
      B7
Don't leave me here
           C
I need you here
  B7              G
I need to see you smile


[Outro]

  B7 C B7 
G B7 C B7
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