Intro
A#m A#sus2 B7sus2 4x
[Verse 1]
A#m A#sus2
This heart-pounding day has finally arrived
A#7sus2 A#m Bsus2
All my living footfalls sigh like the night
A#7sus2 A#m Bsus2
Outside the war between illusion and truth
A#7sus2 A#m Bsus2
I found wisdom lain among putrid fruit of
B7sus2 C# D#
Desperation, cold, wild gift of youth
G# A#m C# D#
Urgent and dead-eyed
F# A#m C# D# F#
Urgent and dead-eyed
[Instrumental]
A# C# D#7 F#
A# C# D#7 F#
[Chorus]
Fm G# A#
Hate the god
C# Fm
I don’t believe in
G# A# C# Fm
Heaven’s just a part of hell
G# A#
Hate the one
C# Fm
Who wouldn’t save us
G# A# C# Fm
Shikata ga nai
[Instrumental]
A#m A#sus2 B7sus2 2x
[Verse 2]
A#m A#sus2
In the blue mist death has finally closed in
A#7sus2 A#m Bsus2
All my gasping words at war with the wind
A#7sus2 A#m Bsus2
Worshipping the fear of hell left me lost
A#7sus2 A#m Bsus2
I’ve found something for us, souls who have crossed
B7sus2 C# D#
Charon’s torrent cold spiked black with frost
G# A#m C# D#
Ashen and dead-eyed
F# A#m C# D# F#
Ashen and dead-eyed
[Instrumental]
A# C# D#7 F#
A# C# D#7 F#
[Chorus]
Fm G# A#
Hate the god
C# Fm
I don’t believe in
G# A# C# Fm
Heaven’s just a part of hell
G# A#
Hate the one
C# Fm
Who wouldn’t save us
G# A# C# D#m7
Shikata ga nai
[Bridge 1]
D#m7 Bmaj7
Nothing can be done
F# A
I’m no one
[Instrumental]
A#m C#maj7 G# F#maj7 4x
[Bridge 2]
A#m C#maj7
He’s my blood
G# F#maj7 Fm7
Reflected in mud
A#m C#maj7
Leave my body
G# F#maj7
Among the poppies
Fm7 A#m C#maj7
I’m nailed to your flaws
G# F#maj7 A
You were my god
[Outro]
A# C# G# F#
A# C# G# F#
A# C# G# F#
A# C# G# F# A
A# C# G# F#
A# C# G# F#
A# C# G# F#
A# C# G# F#
(fade out)