C Cm Verse 1: Cm Adamo, adamare Gm I love, to love, but more Abmaj7 To desire and infatuate Cm Gm Lose some part you can’t restore Cm Amo, amare Gm I love, I feel obliged Ab Used for friends and for lovers G So how can one decide?
Eb I can trap my heart in letters Ab Latin, syriac or greek Eb So you’ll laugh at all my nonsense Ab Bb And the terror I can’t speak Ab Abm I can turn to ancient poets Eb But their guidance seems invented Ab G “I hate and I love; I can’t say why Cm But still I am tormented” Verse 2: Cm Ardescor, ardescere Eb I am burnt, to bе inflamed Ab To love someonе so intensely Gm Gsus4 G When they’re gone your life is maimed Cm Uro, urere Eb I burn, I rage, I’m vexed Ab I hardly focus, waiting Bb For the time I see you next Verse 3: Eb So in libraries like churches Ab Or the margins of a scroll Eb I write nothing of importance Ab Bb Losing patience and control Ab If I had leapt before the fall Eb Could this have been prevented? Ab G I hate and I love, I can’t explain Cm Eb But still I am tormented Bridge: Ab I tried to trap religion Eb In ancient language and conjecture Fm Db I try to do the same to you Eb Devotion deadens every lecture Ab Love is god and god is love Eb It’s all the fucking same Fm No grace without forgiveness G No forgiveness without shame Gm Bridge 2: Ab I just want to be with you Eb Your hand in my hair Bbm In some sunny room somewhere Cm It doesn't matter where Ab That's the worst thing about it Eb Your unintentional theft Dm If I lose my ambitions G Is there anything left? G G Any part of me left? G Anyone to love left? Verse 4: Cm Ego adamandi G Falling in love, apart Cm Abm I can’t cut you without bleeding G7 But can’t strike you from my heart Cm Ego adamandi G Sharing one defiled grave Ab I’ve become unrecognizable G No selfhood left to save Verse 5: C5 No freedom for a creature C5 So dependent and demented I hate and I love, I can’t explain C5 But still I am tormented Eb D Eb C5 Dm Bb5 C