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