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

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