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