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