[Verse 1]
Fm C#maj7 Fm
Sitting here with my friend, there’s nothing I can do
C#maj7 D# Fm
Morphine floats him silently away.
D# Fm
He’s talking to somebody, who comes from another day
C#maj7 D# Fm D# Fm
As he drifts along through the shadows, in a medicated haze
[Verse 2]
Fm C#maj7 Fm
Falling through the blackness, down to the crystal sea
C#maj7 D# Fm
Ruthlessly that cancer claws away
D# Fm
Jagged edge of fire and ice, waste away his soul
C#maj7 D# Fm D# Fm
This drum is for many players, you can’t go it on your own.
[Chorus]
C#maj7 Fm
There are no easy answers, candles burn brightly from both ends.
D# Fm
F man’s shadow hovers in the embers of his flame
C#maj7 D# Fm Fm7
Hunkered down in a corner, evil wears an innocent disguise
C#maj7 D# Fm D# Fm
But the truth is never lost my friend, no matter how sweet the lie.
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Fm C#maj7 Fm
Out there on the floor, there is ample room to dance
C#maj7 D# Fm
Love tiptoes like velvet and sweeps away the black
D# Fm
Swirling him around love soothes the fear inside
C#maj7 D# Fm D# Fm
Unknown road he travels on floating on an unseen tide.
[Chorus]
C#maj7 Fm
There are no easy answers, candles burn brightly from both ends.
D# Fm
F man’s shadow hovers in the embers of his flame
C#maj7 D# Fm Fm7
Hunkered down in a corner, evil wears an innocent disguise
C#maj7 D# Fm D# Fm
But the truth is never lost my friend, no matter how sweet the lie.