Tom: F Dm C Bb This is why I learned to walk Bb C F For these belated bitter steps Dm C Bb Your last words still throb in my throat Bb C F A lingering move in the cracks Dm C Bb Time weighs heavier in the dark Bb C F Upon my mind than in the light Dm C Bb Stars are bruises on the sky Bb C F The dawn bites the pupil-dark night F C Bb C Bb C F C Bb C F Dm C Bb I bear the wounds of all the fights Bb C F I avoided in the past Dm C Bb I bear the wounds of all the fights Bb C F I avoided in the past F C Bb C Bb C F C Bb C F