[Verse]
Cm Ab
Serve or break the patterns that would be
A#
Echo positions of the free
G Ab A# G
Middle child of eternity
Cm D# Ab
Caught between the branches and the roots
A#
Move in any way that suits
G Ab A# G
The creeping vines of anomie
[Chorus]
Ab G Cm
A# Ab G Cm
I never wanted to believe
A# Ab G Cm
I never asked if I could stay
A# G
Switch the pressures you relieve
Cm
Forge your aggression in the clay
F G Cm D# F Cm A#
[Verse]
Cm Ab
The art that I buried in the earth
A#
Sketching parallels to understand
G Ab A# G
Why I can't share your love
Cm Ab
Watchmen and makers in dissent
Cm A#
I’m only building what I meant
D# G Ab A# G
To do so many lives ago
[Chorus]
Ab G Cm
A# Ab G Cm
I never wanted to believe
A# Ab G Cm
I never asked if I could stay
A# G
Switch the pressures you relieve
Cm
Forge your aggression in the clay
[Solo]
Ab Cm D# F A# F Cm G Ab G Ab A# Cm Ab A# Cm Ab A# Cm D# G D#
[End of solo]
Cm G Ab G Cm D# G D# A# Ab G
[Guitars kick back in]
Cm G
[Chorus]
A# Ab G Cm
I never wanted to believe
A# Ab G Cm
I never asked if I could stay
A# G
Switch the pressures you relieve
Ab G Cm
A# Ab G Cm
I never wanted to believe
A# Ab G Cm
I never asked if I could stay
A# G
Switch the pressures you relieve
D#
Forge your aggression in the clay
[Outro]
Em D# Em Cm D# Cm D# Em Cm
[Downtune to Am / C, transition to Versus]