Intro
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[Verse 1]
(F# B C# B):
F# B
i was pulled out of bed by a single thread
C# F#
it tugged me to death by my clothing
F# B
and i was led to a door i’d never seen before
C# F#
with an old gentle glow of its opening
F# B
where i was a child pressed against your flower dress
C# F#
i clung to it like i did before i lost you
F# B
and i could tell you were cured you were happier
C# F#
your perfect words were the comfort that you offered
[Chorus]
(B C# B):
B C# F#
and i sat and thought about the way that women talk
B C# F#
how carefully the words are chosen
B C# F#
and without missing a beat you lift me off my feet
B C# F#
and throw me in the depths of the ocean
[Verse 2]
F# B
where i had a dream that i couldn’t breathe
C# F#
that the vicious sea was attacking
F# B
it wrestled my tongue as it filled my lungs
C# F#
with the pressure that i’d been avoiding
F# B
and i sank to the depths where the bodies slept
C# F#
and a sign that read its warnings
F# B
said: “he who opens his mouth while already drowned
C# F#
insults the knowledge of the ocean“
[Chorus]
B C# F#
so i sat inside to wait for it to dry
B C# F#
until the sun had turned the sea into a meadow
B C# F#
and when i opened my eyes you were by my side
B C# F#
waiting for me with the trees and the pebbles
F# B C# F#
[Verse 3]
F# B
and i said: “how could this be“ you said: “i just followed the string
C# F#
that comes to me when i sleep, when i’m dreaming
F# B
my little star, my baby love, i wasn’t giving up
C# F#
just taking the break i thought i needed“
F# B
and i said: “build me a wall that’s indestructible
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place it all around my body
F# B
have it blocking the sun so that when it comes
C# F#
i’ll be right here where you left me“
[Chorus]
B C# F#
i’ll sleep away the sadness of today
B C# F#
and bury deep in the sheets that surround me
B C# F#
yeah i’ll sleep until the blankets and the quilts
B C# F#
dissolve into the soil around me