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