Intro
G#
[Verse 1]
G#
White pine, the moon is so high
C# D# C# D# Fm
You see where you're going with your eyes closed
G#
Wild-eyed, growl and smoke
C# D# Fm Gm
Return every question in the same tone
G# C#
There's a state line, out in those pines, buried in frozen ground, we've chosen our sides,
Now we can't turn it around
[Chorus]
G# A#m Cm G#
D# C#
Chain Emily to the stake
G# A#m Cm G# D# A#m Cm G#
Her family's worried, she's terribly late
D# C#
F# haze rolling across the lake
Fm Gm G# C#
If we go, who's to know, dead by morning if we stay
C# D# D# D# D# C# D# D# D#
[Verse 2]
G#
F# burnt tongue, the paper unfolds
C# D# C# D# Fm
slipping it through another keyhole
G#
Slim hope of fireproof rope
C# D# Fm Gm
Kerosene off of your sweet nose
G# C#
It's a steak knife into my thigh, watching you flicker in real time, call your own kind
F# G#
now we can't turn it around
[Chorus]
D# C#
Fates, give a warm soul a break
Fm Gm G# A#m Cm G#
Just give me a life where you're nothing but mine, and that's how it will stay
D# C#
But hey, I've never been so afraid
Fm Gm G# C#
With this cold in my bones, and a child engulfed in flame
C# D# D# D# D# C# x3
C# D# D# D# D#
[Outro]
G# A#m Cm D# D Cm D Fm x3
G# E