Intro: Gm (4x)
Verse 1:
Gm D
The shutter opens but never closes
Eb D
I am lost way laid in light trails
Gm D
Endless moments overlaid
Eb
and burned across
D
A melee of scattered braille
Bb
This image is a night
Cm
terror transforming
F#
Without the hope of morning
Bb
My nemesis I feel it coming
Cm F#
for me and it means to destroy me
Verse 2:
Gm F
Why does this keep happening?
Gm Bb Cm Gm
I try to close my eyes
F Gm Bb Cm Eb
but I can't blink
Cm
And the world keeps moving
Eb Cm
on black and white blur into one
Interlude: Gm D Eb D (2x)
Bridge:
Gm D
Hieroglyphic indecipherable
Cm D
opaque the meaning escapes me
Gm
Dry and lidless are my eyes
D Eb D
Asleep awake reading the slurred debris
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
Gm F
Why does this keep happening?
Gm Bb Cm Gm
I try to close my eyes
F Gm Bb Cm Eb
but I can't blink
Cm
And the world keeps moving
Eb Cm
on black and white blur into
Gm F
Why does this keep happening?
Gm Bb Cm Gm
I try to close my eyes
F Gm Bb Cm Eb
but I can't blink
Cm
And the world keeps moving
Eb Cm
on black and white blur into
Gm F Gm Bb Cm (2x)