Intro
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[Verse 1]
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I am the boy your mother wanted you to meet but I am
G#m
broken and torn with heels at my feet
E
And with your purest light why don't you shine on me
B
Well I should have been an angel but I'm too dumb to speak
B
Now as she gets nearer, the visions get clearer
G#m
I'm kneeling, weeping. I will hold her dear
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Oh, if your eyes water, you've got your favorite number to spin
[Chorus]
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And oh, ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
G#m E
what a crying shame, a crying shame
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What we became
[Verse 2]
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Murdered my throat, screaming bloody all night
G#m
Hit him with a book and how he crumbles
E
Oh you should have seen the arches tumble
B
Their golden no more, now I'm smiling in my blood
B
I'm caught in a whirlwind
G#m
I'm going to heaven
E
I'm standing on trial and it's painted on canvas
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An eternal testament to how we are so animalistic
[Chorus]
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And oh,ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
G#m E
what a crying shame, a crying shame
B F# B
What we became
[Verse 3]
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I bow my head in the morning light and say goodnight
G#m
I held her hand and I, I kissed her eyes
E
Stumbled down the stairs and hang my self on high
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And I started for the town that I have a front yard and died