Key: D
Introduction:
Dm F
My life is a sentence that carries no pardon
G F
I can't put you out of my misery now
Dm F
So stunned by the beauty of this madhouse garden
G F
I've taken my chances then lost them somehow
F C
This body's a temple, a shoddy construction
Dm
I'm digging my grave while boring the well
F G
I'm paving a path to my own self-destruction
A
I won't be content 'til I see me in Hell
Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C
A
No I won't be content 'til I see me in Hell
Dm F
I've looked back on my time, the names and the faces
G F
A child long ago that I nearly forgot
Dm F
And felt like someone who'd just stepped on the place
G F
Where the last stair should have been, then found it was not
F C
Life's just a process of delamination
Dm
Stripping your hopes, dissecting them gently
F G
I've opened my heart and to my consternation
A
When I peered inside it was small, dark and empty
Dm
My friends turn to me
Dm
Wonder what I am doing
Dm A
Drinking and smoking like somebody died
Dm
I said: "Leave me alone
Dm
I'm just building a ruin
Dm A
The spirits are sunken so the wreckage must rise"
Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C
Dm
(I'm building a ruin)
C
I'm building a ruin
Dm
(I ruin a building)
C
I ruin a building
Dm
(I'm building a ruin)
C
My bridges are burned out
Dm
(I ruin a building)
C
My tunnels are filled in
Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C
Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C A
F C
It's all a game I believe
Dm
The longer you play it, the harder it gets
F G
The most I can hope to achieve now's my breakfast
A
A priest with a blindfold and last cigarette
Dm
My friends turn to me
Dm
Wonder what I am doing
Dm A
Drinking and smoking like somebody died
Dm
I said: "Leave me alone
Dm
I'm just building a ruin
Dm A
The spirits are sunken so the wreckage must rise"
A
I won't be content 'til I see me in Hell