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