Intro: D F#m Bm Gm
D F#m
He bends and he breaks
Bm
If you kiss it will take away
Gm D
His passion, his pain, his grace
D F#m
He exhales
Bm
B thousand black flowers explode
Gm
Into butterflies as they're away
Chorus:
D
Rip them out, take them
Burn to coals as they crush him
F#m
Leave nothing that
Bm
Resembles a soul of a man
(See him numb, see him crushed)
Gm
See him numb, see him crushed
D
Rip them out, take them
Burn to coals as they crush him
F#m
Leave nothing that
Bm
Resembles a soul of a man
(Leave him numb, leave him crushed)
Gm
Leave him numb, leave him crushed
D F#m
Just a fire inside one too many times
Bm
He's burning over and out as he fails
Gm D
Up against the raging tides
No more fights
F#m
Everything you ever wanted to see
Bm
I see it in his eyes
Gm
One more time, one more time
G
Climb down to test the waters
Gm D F#m
My hands feel like they're rusting away, yeah
G Gm
So I'll pace around like a lamb before the slaughter
D F#m
I'll stay here, as long as you let me
G
Decisions, then, made obvious,
Gm D F#m
So I will return to where I started, I'll stay there
G Gm
Unfinished I'll wither away
Chorus