Key: G
G
Bm
Am
At the center of the world there's a statue of a girl
C
D
G
She is standing near a well with a bucket bare and dry
Bm
Am
I went and looked her in the eyes and she turned me into sand
C
D
G
This clumsy form that I despise, it scattered easy in her hand
Bm
Am
It came to rest upon a beach with a million others there
C
D
G
We sat and waited for the sea to stretch out so that we could disappear
Bm
Am
Into the endlessness of blue into the horror of the truth
C
D
Em
See, we are far less than we knew, yeah, we are far less than we knew
Em
C
But we knew what we could taste
Em
Girls found honey to drench our hands
B
The men cut marble to mark our graves
B
Said we'll need something to
G
remind us of
B
All the sweetness that has passed through us
Em
The priests dressed children for a choir
B
But found no joy in what was sung
B
C
D
G
The funeral had begun
G
Bm
Am
In the middle of the day when you drive home to your place
C
D
G
From that job that makes you sleep back to the thoughts that keep you awake
Bm
Am
Long after night has come to claim any light that still remains
C
D
In the corner of the frame
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G
that you put around her face
Bm
Two pills just weren't enough
Am
The alarm clock's going off but you're not waking up
C
D
This isnt happening happening happening happening happening
G
It is
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