Intro
F#m C#m C# D Em F#m
On the edge of reason, beyond understanding
C#m D E
Silent she waits, perfect oblivion
F# C# D E F# C# D E
She’s crawling to the end, perfect oblivion
[Interlude]
F# C# D E F# C# D
[Verse 1]
Hm C#m
I live behind mirrors within a prison without any bars
F# A D A D
Yet I remain lost to the world
C#
In hell I’m suspended within a prism
Am F#m A Bm F#m D
So-ooo many walls, so many years
F#m A D
Too often I’ve watched them die
[Chorus]
B C#m A
Images of yesterday feeling so far away
D A E C#m
I can’t let go of the past, the years, the sweet romance
F#m Bm A
I am a ticking time bomb waiting in a trance
D A F#m
I need you more tonight than you will ever know
Bm A C#m
I swear to never forget this heartbreaking dance
[Verse 2]
C#m
The hell of being trapped is simply not a match for death
F# C#m A D
Heaven awaits
C#m
Now I know not to be afraid of the end
F#m A D A
My love awaits, will you be there?
F#m A D
Take me away (I’m ready, I’ll be home soon)
[Chorus]
B C#m A
Images of yesterday feeling so far away
D A E C#m
I can’t let go of the past, the years, the sweet romance
F#m Bm A
I am a ticking time bomb waiting in a trance
D A F#m
I need you more tonight than you will ever know
Bm A C#m
I swear to never forget this heartbreaking dance
[Verse 3]
C#m G
Beautiful pure silence, come on! Embrace me
F#
sweet perfect nothing swallow my fears, come on!
G A
If I had just one wish
F#m Em F#m
Bababda Bababda Baaaa
F#m
I’d choke prophets, hang angels, burn children
G F# G A
oh, I’d drink oceans, eat the moon, flood the world, end everything
F# C# D
breathe in, breathe out
F#m C#m D
we could run far away but then how would we sleep at night?
F#m C#m D
I’ve been looking for the words to say our last goodbyes
F#m C#m D Bm D
Hold on to fleeting hopes that I just might survive
[Outro] (Repeat 5x while fading out)
F#m C#m A
Give in to the pleasure
D
make it last forever
F#m D A
Hold on hold on to everything we are