Lotus Eaters chords by Odette

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
F#m
     The plants grew along the road like an unquenchable wildfire
F#
I remember the times you used to think I was high
A                                                               A  D        E
But I was too busy watching the waves of emotion crash over people like the tides in the ocean
         F#m
Push and pull

All you wanted was one more dance
       A
I must confess I had no chance
         D                                E
To renew myself or redo myself, you think I'm a crazy mess
D     E
Well, I agree

Chorus:
F#m                    A                        A   D
     And you wanted to know but I had no answer for you
D
Trapped under the thermometer
D                           F#m
Temperature one hundred and two
        F#m           A
Give me life, give me love, give me lust
            D
I'm sorry I know I ask for too much
D
That's because I know
D                F#m   A  D
It will never be enough

E   D

Verse 2:
F#m
I remember when your hand drew circles on mine
F#m               A
    Your skin was cold
                 A
We were battling time
D                                             A
I never thought I'd become something that I'm not
         D              E
But everyone does, everyone does
              F#m
You think I'm crazy?
                      A
I think you think I'm crazy
                                        A
Well I guess I am, I am certainly not a lady
           D
But please court me
            D
Tell me you adore me
                D                                 E
Tell me there's nothing wrong I'm a perfect human being but
F#m                       F#m
You never reciprocated my desires
             A
Even when we forced it
                           A
We always knew we'd be the liars who lied
D          D         D
Too often, too much, too heavy
D
I'm sorry I never put you first
  E
I really hope you get me


Chorus:
F#m                    A                        A   D
     And you wanted to know but I had no answer for you
D
Trapped under the thermometer
D                           F#m
Temperature one hundred and two
        F#m           A
Give me life, give me love, give me lust
    D
I'm sorry I know I ask for too much
D
That's because I know
D                F#m     A  D   D   D
It will never be enough
                 F#m     A  D   D   Dmaj7
It will never be enough


Verse 3:
     D
So I guess the moral to the story
D
There's no morals and no story
        A
In your iris lies the answer

Don't focus on the black centre
D
Hurricanes can wash away the sins
         E
That you perceive as, to be sins
D                            E
My sins are spots and curls and skin


Verse 4:
F#m
I'm sorry
             F#m
You know I'm sorry
        A                                                          A
I never meant to alarm thee and I know you're not as strong as you think
D
You're not a diamond warrior
                     D
Your feet grow roots into the earth
    D                                  E
And I'm a tree as well but I'm growing much further away from you
F#m
No one hears us
       F#m                D
No one hears the words we scream
             A
They're just whispers
                                  D
Nightmares that scare little children in the dark
                 D
Under the bed is where it's hidden
                   E
In the dark, dark, dark, dark, dark, dark
F#m
Keep me awake
                    F#m
I'm scared to fall asleep
    A                                         A
You used to make flowers fall slowly from the ceiling
       D
It was magic
                        D
Some kind of superhuman I can't hold it in
                           E
Bursting with light but to keep me away from the heat of the fire

I left


Chorus:

F#m                          A
    And if you still want to know
                A          D
I still have no answer for you
                  D
Trapped under the thermometer
            D               F#m
Temperature one hundred and two
                    F#m           A                   A
I'll give you life, I'll give you love, I'll give you lust
            D
I'm sorry I know I ask for too much
D                                      F#m     A
That's because I know it will never be enough
                 D      A
It will never be enough
                 D     A   D
It will never be enough

A  A  D