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