Tuning: G C E A (G C E A) Intro: Gm A||-----0-| E||-3-3---| C||-------| 8x G||-------| Verse 1: Gm F Gm The snow on your eyelids that curtsy with age Gm F Is freezing the stares on tyranny's wings Gm F Gm The bitter is hard and the warmth of your skin Gm F Gm Is diseased with familiar caresses
Verse 2: Gm F Gm Withdrawing from splendor and royal decay Gm F Among all the triumphs and jaded awards Gm F Gm The angry and blazing circus of sun Gm F Gm Blasphemes as the crown prince arises Interlude: D C A||-------------|-------------| E||---2-----2---|---0-----0---| C||-2---2-2---2-|-0---0-0---0-| 3x G||-------------|-------------| Gm A||-----0-| E||-3-3---| C||-------| 4x G||-------| Verse 3: Gm F Gm You cannot beget all the sins that you owed Gm F To the people of paradise magic Gm F Gm Pretend to answer passion and form Gm F Gm With foreign rationalizations Verse 4: Gm F Gm Primroses are the jewels that lurk Gm F Among masks of pleasure that flicker with doubt Gm F Gm Embraces of fame that's simultaneously fear Gm F Gm To advance and demand to be recognized Interlude: D C A||-------------|-------------| E||---2-----2---|---0-----0---| C||-2---2-2---2-|-0---0-0---0-| 3x G||-------------|-------------| Gm A||-----0-| E||-3-3---| C||-------| 4x G||-------| Verse 5: Gm F Gm The river shall flow through hollow green faces Gm F Of caricature's resentment etched out of the tongues Gm F Gm Redington sphinx asleep before birth Gm F Gm The classical sensitive failures Verse 6: Gm F Gm The worshipping wicked cling to the dark of your heart Gm F Lying there and wait with your angels Gm F Gm Moan and ravish from dawn to dusk Gm F Gm The avaricious young lovers Outro: D C A||-------------|-------------| E||---2-----2---|---0-----0---| C||-2---2-2---2-|-0---0-0---0-| 3x G||-------------|-------------| Gm A||-----0-|-----0-|-----0-|-0-----| E||-3-3---|-3-3---|-3-3---|-3-3---| C||-------|-------|-------|-2-----| G||-------|-------|-------|-0-----|
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