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