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