Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)
Intro:
Gm F Gm
Gm
There's a second wind coming
As we lie here in our bed
Cm
It rattles the bones of our fathers
Carries whispers from the dead
F
And you, you, you light a candle
Dm
And I make sure the bairns are fed
Gm
You turn the telly on
To drown out your fear
Cm
And make the bed up silent on the floor
So no one will hear us
F
You try so loud to love me
Dm
But I cannot seem to hear
Verse 1:
Gm
'Cause you, you touch
My skin peels off like paint
Cm
But beneath all of our panting
There's this noise I cannot shake
F
Well, can't you hear that scratching?
Dm
There's something at the door
Gm
But the wind has picked us up now
We're hanging in the air
Cm
And as you grip me like an animal
That you're about to spear
F
"Be good to me, " I whisper
Dm
And you say, "What?", and I said, "Nothing, dear"
Pre-Chorus:
Cm
Can't you hear it?
Gm
It can hear you
Cm
It wants me to
n.c. Gm F
(Throw the plate at the wall)
Chorus:
Gm
I'm the paper cut that kills you
I'm the priest that you ignored
Cm
I'm the touch you crave
I'm the plans that you made
But fuck all your plans, I'm bored
F
"And can't you hear that scratching?"
Dm
I ask your eyes
Gm
I've got knuckle burn from typing all these lines into your chest
Cm
And as the belt from your buckle is tightening
I make shipwrecks out of my dress
F
And the door below, it splinters
Dm
And the creature creeps inside
Gm
And we fall into each other
The scratching grows so loud
Cm
Because that unwanted animal
Wants nothing more than to get out
And I scream
F
'Oh, what's the time, Mr. Wolf?"
Dm
But you, you're blind, you bleat, you bear your claws
Gm
Oh, and you rip my ribcage open
And devour what's truly yours
Cm
And our screaming joins in unison
I cry out to the Lord
F
'Cause if we join our hands in prayer enough
Dm
To God, I imagine it all starts to sound like applause
Post-Chorus:
Cm
Can't you hear it
Gm
It can hear you
Cm n.c. Gm F
It wants me to
Bridge:
Gm
And these plates, they smash like waves (Place your hand in mine)
Cm
And on the wind, it howls (How long can this last?)
F
But that second wind is coming, love
Dm
It's coming for all we own
Gm
And on the creature scratches
It doesn't know how to get out (Let me out)
Cm
And you, you follow philosophies
But me, I laugh, I choke
F
"Well, hello, my hollow Holofernes"
Dm
I wink, but you don't get the joke
Gm
"Hold the hand of the god-child, " they said
'As he falls from the sky"
Cm
"Be good to me, " I beg of him
"Be good to me, " I beg of him
F
Be good, be good, be good
Be good, be good, be good, be good
Dm
And he replies (Oh)
"No, no, not I"
Outro:
Gm
F Gm x4
