Tom: Em
Intro: Em Bsus Em Bsus
Em D ~
I was alone my heart was cold it was a stone,
Gmaj7 B
my soul was lonely like a stone - there was no moss.
Em D ~
And when I danced I danced alone but then I did not dance
Gmaj7 B
because I *was* alone. So I did not dance.
Em D _~_ Gmaj7
I shuffled through life invisible to all the happy couples who would mock
B
me with their merry laughter – “ha-ha-ha”.
Em D C
The only sound I heard in my lonely silent world was the rusty hammer of my
B Em
heart nailing at the hatred in my soul.
B - D - Em (quickly)
[ synth strings ]
D Gmaj7
But then you came,
Em Dmmaj7 Am7
and my life was turned upside down.
Am7 D7
You showed me the beauty of the things that I had never seen.
G [ Embellish with Gmaj7, G/D and G ]
Like a snowflake that melts on the eyelash of a startled deer.
Em Amaj7 Am7
Or the painting of a dog that wears a deerstalker[1] and
D7 Em Dmmaj7
smokes a pipe that made you laugh so heartily,
Am7 D7 G Gmaj7 G/D
but I had previously thought was rubbish.
Em Dmmaj7 Am7
Or the duck that lands so clumsily on a frozen pond in winter
D7
but the intoxicating power of our love transforms this simple act into an
G Gmaj7
anthropomorphic drama where Mr. Duck’s embarrassed and the other ducks are
G Gmaj7 G/D
laughing (quack quack quack quack quack).
B/ Em
AND THEN YOU LEFT! [Flamenco Style]
D C B
And I have died a thousand deaths and I will die a thousand more!
Em D C B
I thought you were an angel - you turned out to be a whore!
Em D C B
And everything has turned to dust! Everything is infected with the plague!
B Em
Why did you have to sleep with Craig?
D C B
"Oh he's so sensitive, he's got a tattoo."
C B
Yeah, carving your name with a compass in my forehead was not enough for you!
C* B C* B
[ Flutes ]
Em D
The snow flake on the eye of the dear has turned to
C B
puss that oozes from an open wound.
C B
The deer now blind it stumbles into a ravine.
Em D
The duck lies shredded in a pancake,
C B
soaking in the hoisin of your lies.
Em D
The dog has moved from the pipe to 60 cigarettes a day,
C Em B Em D
and coughs away his life in the cold neon research lab of your betrayal.
C D Em
Of your betrayal...(fade)
