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