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