[Verse 1]
Bm
How's one to know?
G Em
I'd meet you where the spirit
Bm
meets the bones
G D B
In a faith forgotten land
Bm
In from the snow
G
Your touch brought forth
Em Bm
an incandescent glow
G D A
Tarnished but so grand
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[Pre-Chorus] Bm And the old widow goes G to the stone every day Em Bm But I don't, I just sit here and wait G A D Grieving for the living [Chorus] Bm Oh, goddamn A G My pain fits in the palm D of your freezing hand Bm Asus4 Taking mine, but it's been A promised to another D Bm Oh, I can't A G Stop you putting roots D in my dreamland Bm A My house of stone, your ivy grows Bm And now I'm covered G Em Bm G A in you [Verse 2] Bm I wish to know G E The fatal flaw that makes Bm you long to be G D Magnificently cursed Bm A He's in the room G E D Your opal eyes are all I wish to see G A He wants what's only yours
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[Chorus]
Bm
Oh, goddamn
A G
My pain fits in the palm of
D
your freezing hand
Bm Asus4
Taking mine, but it's been
A
promised to another
D Bm
Oh, I can't
A G
Stop you putting roots
D
in my dreamland
Bm
My house of stone,
A
your ivy grows
Bm
And now I'm covered
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[Verse 3] Em Bm D Clover blooms in the fields G Spring breaks loose, A Bm the time is near A What would he do if D he found us out? Em Bm Crescent moon, coast is clear G Spring breaks loose, A Bm but so does fear A He's gonna burn this D house to the ground [Verse 4] Bm How's one to know? G I'd live and die for Em Bm moments that we stole G A On begged and borrowed time Bm So tell me to run G E Or dare to sit and watch Bm what we'll become G D And drink my husband's wine [Chorus] Bm Oh, goddamn A G My pain fits in the palm D of your freezing hand Bm Asus4 Taking mine, but it's been A promised to another D Bm Oh, I can't A G Stop you putting roots D in my dreamland Bm My house of stone, A your ivy grows D Bm Asus4 A And now I'm covered in you G D G Asus4 And I'm covered
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[Bridge] D So yeah, it's a fire G Asus4 It's a goddamn blaze in the dark D And you started it G Asus4 You started it Bm So yeah, it's a war G A It's the goddamn fight of my life D And you started it G Asus4 You started it [Chorus] Bm Oh, I can't A Em Stop you putting roots Bm in my dreamland A My house of stone, D your ivy grows D And now I'm covered Bm A G D Bm D A D G A In you, in you G D G Asus4 A Now I'm covered in you D G Asus4 A G D Bm Asus4 A D In you
