Intro
A# Am C Dm C Am
My angel close your eyes, I'll be your lover tonight.
A# Am C Dm C Am
Pitiful lullaby, I'll be your lover tonight.
[Verse 1]
A# C Am
My own misery is taunting me.
Dm C Am
The air stings my lungs, I can barely see.
A# C Am
Wicked eyes surrounding me, the trees are watching silently.
Dm C Am
I could try to run but baby what's the point?
[Prechorus]
A# C Dm
I may never know
(I don't see the point.)
A# C A
Why I let you go.
[Chorus]
Dm
My body is aching.
(I'm losing my mind!)
F G Am
There's nothing to hold onto.
A# C
My angel close your eyes, I'll be your lover tonight.
Dm
I'm tired of trying.
(I'm sick of the waiting!)
F G Am
If there's nothing that I can do.
A# C
A pitiful lullaby to sing the tortured to sleep
[Verse 2]
A# C Am
We could settle down and change the end.
Dm C Am
Nothing but time, start over again.
A# C Am
All the little things you do that make me fall in love with you.
Dm C A
Have led me to this, a bittersweet abyss.
A# C Dm
I may never know
(A vexatious kiss.)
A# C A
Why I let you go.
[Chorus]
Dm
My body is aching.
(I'm losing my mind!)
F G Am
There's nothing to hold onto.
A# C
My angel close your eyes, I'll be your lover tonight.
Dm
I'm tired of trying.
(I'm sick of the waiting!)
F G Am
If there's nothing that I can do.
A# C
A pitiful lullaby to sing the tortured to sleep
[Bridge]
Dm C Em F A# C
I will follow you into the night my darling eyes.
Dm C Em F A# C Dm
I would do anything to be lying with you as I watch you ........dream.