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