Tom: Am
Am
Am Am/F# F G
Inevitability, you are my mother
Am
Bleeding seeds of sour lust
Am/F#
Onto the mounds of bleeding crust
F
Unto all that holy dust
G
I shall return
E
Bathed in fire
[Instrumental]
Am G F
Am C E
[Pre-Chorus]
Am
The world is ice
G
But I'm the spark
F
That can ignite your world
Am
I can warm you
G F E
Or I can burn you down
[Hook]
C
They tied me to the chain link fence
C#
And beat me down--I've no defense
C Bb
I always knew I'd die in...
C C#
I always knew I'd die in...
C G
I always knew...
[Instrumental]
Am Am/F# F G
[Verse 2]
Am Am/F# F G
Impossibility, you are my father
Am
Growing limbs of odd proportion
Am/F#
Singing psalms of all abortion
F
Speaking truths that are factual
But dishonest
G E
Because you cannot tell the difference (no)
[Instrumental]
Am G F
Am C E
[Pre-Chorus]
Am
The world is dark
G
But I'm the spark
F
That lights the path
Am
I can save you
G F E
Or I can damn your soul
[Hook]
C
They tied me to the chain link fence
C#
And beat me down--I've no defense
C Bb
I always knew I'd die in...
C C#
I always knew I'd die in...
C G
I always knew...
[Instrumental]
Am Am/F# F G
[Verse 3]
Am Am/F# F G
Impracticality, you are my brother
Am
Raising flags to stay the army
Am/F#
Arming thugs who wish to harm me
F G
Complying with Spring just to see Winter die
E
And take me with it
(because . . .)
[Bridge]
Am
The world is me
Am/F#
And I'm the dark
F
There is no life
G
There is no spark
Am
You've murdered me
Am/F#
Everything I am
F
I am nothing now
G
You're just like them
Am
The world is me
Am/F#
And I'm the dark
F
There is no life
G
There is no spark
Am
You've murdered me
Am/F#
Everything I am
F
I am nothing now
G Am
You're just like them
[Verse 4]
Am Am/F#
The birds are bleeding upside-down
F G
Their feathers congeal to form my crown
Am Am/F#
And though I stand here, cruciform
F
I am no martyr
G
I will not be reborn
[Pre-Chorus]
Am Am/F#
And honestly, I'm glad of it
F G
I can take it as a compliment
Am Am/F#
And honestly, I'm glad of it
F G
I can take it as a compliment
Am Am/F#
And honestly, I'm glad of it
F
I can take it as a compliment
[Instrumental]
Am Dm
Am Dm
Am Dm
Am Dm
Am Dm
Am Dm
Am Dm
Am Dm
[Hook]
C
They tied me to the chain link fence
C#
And beat me down--I've no defense
C Bb
I always knew I'd die in... (kill me now)
C C# C C#
I always knew I'd die in the snow (do it slow)
C G Am
I always knew I'd die in the snow (in the snow)
