Intro: E A B A
Verse 1:
E
I want something
D C#m
That's purer than the water
E
Like we were
E
It's not there now
D C#m
In eloquence and anger
E
Are all we have
E
Like Saturn's rings
D C#m
An icy loop around me
E
Too hard to hold
E
Lash out first
D C#m
At all the things we don't like
E
Or understand
C#m
And it's beginning to get to me
B
That I know more of the stars and sea
A
Than I do of what's in your head
E
Barely touching in our cold bed
C#m
Are you beginning to get get my point
B
They're always fighting with aching joints
A
It's doing nothing but tire us out
E
No one knows what this fight's about
Verse 2:
E
The answer phone
D C#m
The lonely sound of your voice
E
Frozen in time
E
I only need
D C#m
The compass that you gave me
E
To guide me on
C#m
And it's beginning to get to me
B
That I know more of the stars and sea
A
Than I do of what's in your head
E
Barely touching in our cold bed
C#m
Are you beginning to get my point
B
They're always fighting with aching joints
A
It's doing nothing but tire us out
E
No one knows what this fight's about
C#m
It's so thrilling but also wrong
B
Don't have to prove that you are so strong
A
Cos I can carry you on my back
E
After our enemies attack
C#m
I tried to tell you before I left
B
But I was screaming under my breath
A
You are the only thing that makes sense
E
Just ignore all this present tense
E A B A
E A
We need to feel breathless with love
B A
And not collapse under its weight
E A
I'm gasping for the air to fill
B A
My lungs with everything I've lost
E A
We need to feel breathless with love
B A
And not collapse under its weight
E A
I'm gasping for the air to fill
B A
My lungs with everything I've lost