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