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