Gm [3 5 5 3 3 3 ]

Bb [6 8 8 7 6 6 ]

Dm [x 5 7 7 6 5 ]

F  [x 8 10 10 10 8 ] / Fmaj7 [x 3 2 2 1 x]

Gm                                                  Bb
The past is a grotesque animal and in it's eyes you see
                             Dm
how completely wrong you can be
                             F
how completely wrong you can be
    Gm
the sun is out it melts the snow that fell yesterday
          Bb            Dm
makes you wonder why it bothered


Dm
i fell in love with the first cute girl that i met
            Gm
who could appreciate George Bataille
Bb                                                        Dm
standing at a Swedish festival discussing the "story of the eye"
                             F
discussing the "story of the eye"


Gm
it's so embarrassing to need someone like i do you
            Bb                                 Dm
how can i explain i need you here and not here too
                                      F
how can i explain i need you here and not here too


Gm
I'm flunking out i'm gone i'm just gone
       Bb                             Dm
but at least i author my own disaster
                                   F
at least i author my own disaster


Gm
performance breakdown and i don't want to hear it
              Bb
i'm just not available
                                      Dm
things could be different but they're not
F
things could be different but they're not
          Gm
the mousy girl screams "violence! violence!"

the mousy girl screams "violence! violence!"
           Bb
she gets hysterical
                                       Dm
cause they're both so mean and it's my favorite scene
        F                                                 
but the cruelty's so predictable
                        Gm
it makes you sad on the stage
                                          Bb
though our love project has so much potential

but it's like we weren't made for this world
         Dm                                           F
though i wouldn't really want to meet someone who was


             Gm
do i have to scream in your face?
                            Bb
i've been dodging lamps and vegetables

throw it all in my face
        Dm
i don't care

let's just have some fun
                          F
let's tear this shit apart

let's tear the fucking house apart
                                   Gm
let's tear our fucking bodies apart
                             Bb
but let's just have some fun


Dm
somehow you've red rovered the gestapo circling my heart
F
and nothing can defeat you no death no ugly world
Gm
you've lived so brightly you've altered everything
  Bb
i find myself searching for old selves
                                   Dm                            F    Gm
while speeding forward through the plate glass of maturing cells


                  Bb
i've played the unraveler the parhelion
         Dm
but even Apocalypse is fleeting there's no death no ugly world
            F                                               Gm
sometimes i wonder if you're mythologizing me like i do you
              Bb
mythologizing me like i do you
                       Dm
we want our film to be beautiful not realistic
                   F
perceive me in the radiance of terror dreams
                      Gm
and you can betray me
        Bb
you can

you can betray me

Dm
but teach me something wonderful
                                      F
crown my head crowd my head with your lilting effects

project your fears on to me i need to view them
Gm
see there's nothing to them
                                      Bb
i promise you there's nothing to them
                                            Dm
i'm so touched by your goodness you make me feel so criminal
           F                                       Gm
how do you keep it together? i'm all all unraveled
                Bb
but you know no matter where we are we're always touching by underground wires

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Dm
i've explored you with the detachment of an analyst
    F
but most nights we've raided the same kingdoms
Gm
and none of our secrets are physical
                        Bb
none of our secrets are physical
                                 Dm
none of our secrets are physical now
 

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