Intro
F C G
Obsession it takes control,
F C G
Obsession it eats me whole,
Am G C
I can't say the words out loud,
Am G F
So in a rhyme I wrote you down,
G C
Now you'll live through the ages,
F G F
I can feel your pulse in the pages.
[Chorus]
C G
Whoa Whoa oa
F C
I have written you down,
Am G
Now you will live forever,
F C
And all the world will read you,
Am G
And you will live forever,
F Am
In eyes not yet created,
F C
On tongues that are not born,
F C
I have written you down,
Am G
Now you will live forever.
[Whistling: Am C Am D]
F C G
Your body lies upon the sheets,
F C G
Of paper and words so sweet,
Am G C
I can't say the words,
Am G C
So I wrote you into my verse,
F G C
Now you'll live through the ages,
F G F
I can feel your pulse in the pages.
[Chorus]
F
I have read her with these eyes,
Am
I've read her with these eyes,
C G
I have held her in these hands.
F C
I have written you down,
Am G
Now you will live forever,
F C
The virtues in the verse,
Am
And you will live forever.
[Chorus]
[Whistling: C G Em Em]
Em D C
You will live forever