Intro B G#m7 E
B G#m7 E
can't find the forest
B G#m7 E
too stuck on the trees
B G#m7 E
but now you're invested,
B
so i'm left pretending
G#m7 E
it's all i can see
B G#m7 E
i asked for a window
B G#m7 E
to open my cell
B G#m7 E
you came as kaleidoscopes
B
climbing, colliding
G#m7 E
you came as yourself
C#m G#m
whether i'm ready
F# C#m
is not up to me
G#m
we go where we're ordered
F#
to bunker or beach
C#m F#
to the close of creation
B G#m7 E
as shells and stories
B G#m7 E
B G#m7 E
a spiral staircase
B G#m7 E
Astoria, Queens
B G#m7 E
i claimed you while conscious
B
got sleepy, forgetful,
G#m7 E
and left you in dreams
C#m G#m
you folded your leg
F# C#m
right foot to left knee
G#m
you laughed at my back
F# C#m
said you couldn't believe
F#
how violent I could be
just brushing my teeth
(this part is hard to figure out
give me feedback if you can)
E C#m G#m
E C#m G#m
E C#m F#
B G#m7 E
drove from the service
B G#m7 E
spent in my seat
B G#m7 E
my woman beside me
B
a clutch of hydrangeas
G#m7 E
a strange sort of peace
B G#m7 E
in loss, i'm made certain
B G#m7 E
unveiled clarity
B G#m7 E
it's you i will marry
B
my lover, my family
G#m7 E
you always will be
C#m G#m
but every word
F# C#m
seemed too small to speak
G#m
so we watched the sky reach
F# C#m
ambivalent peaks
F#
we made our projections
present and free
B G#m7 E (x4)