Intro
C G C G
A E C# G#
C# F
[faster]
B D#
[Verse 1]
F
Re-ver-sal of des-pair
A
Bright young spark he sho-wing flair
F
Loo-sens flesh from ma-chine
D A#
Gran-ted it ob-scene
F
Thrust his fists fis-ting posts
A
Still in-sist he sees the ghost
F
Of what we try to see
G# D# B F#
In_dar-kened rooms and end-less laugh-ter
[Verse 2]
F
Lock in-to theo-ries old
A
ExIs-tance of all crea-tures told
F
Hu-man eyes to snatch a glimpse of
D A#
our lifes ge-ne-sis
F
Lust for knife Such is life
A
Love for e-very kind of strife
F
An-gle-worm bit in half
G# D# B F#
Fel-low ea-ten raw and help-less
[Chorus]
C G C G
Per-fect it's not as easy to find
A E C# G#
The good in our-selves that we leave be-hind
C# F B D#
Fo-re-ver sub-lime, and ne-ver quite com-pre-hend
C G C G
Why that is why we try and we try
A E C# G#
Un-til do us die To pull up the soil
C# F B D#
And plant gree-ner seeds, Per-fec-tion an ul-ti-mate
[Verse 3]
F
Ai-ming high can-non my
A
Fear young fai-lure to the sky
F
Con-fi-dence leak-nes-ses
D A#
do-mi-nate my mind
F
Out of blue in-to black
A
I-deas meets ob-li-vi-on
F
End-less des-truc-ti-ble
G# D# B F#
De-lu-sions of de-feat and an-guish
[Chorus]
C G C G
Per-fect it's not as easy to find
A E C# G#
The good in our-selves that we leave be-hind
C# F B D#
Fo-re-ver sub-lime, and ne-ver quite com-pre-hend
C G C G
Why that is why we try and we try
A E C# G#
Un-til do us die To pull up the soil
C# F B D#
And plant gree-ner seeds, Per-fec-tion an ul-ti-mate
[hey verse]
F A
Hey!
F D A#
F A
Hey!
F
[slower]
G# D# B F#
[intro again]
C G C G
A E C# G#
C# F
[faster]
B D#
[chorus repeat 2 times]
C G C G
Per-fect it's not as easy to find
A E C# G#
The good in our-selves that we leave be-hind
C# F B D#
Fo-re-ver sub-lime, and ne-ver quite com-pre-hend
C G C G
Why that is why we try and we try
A E C# G#
Un-til do us die To pull up the soil
C# F B D#
And plant gree-ner seeds, Per-fec-tion an ul-ti-mate
[hey ending]
C G C G
Heeeeyyyyyyyyyyy...
A E C# G#
...
C# F B D#
Hey!
C G C G
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
A E C# G#
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
C# F
Hey! Hey! Hey!
[slow down]
B D#
...HEY!