Key: C#m Timing: 4/4 (Bridge is 6/8 then back to 4/4) Tempo: about 138 by my ear C#/E# Chord for bridge: 143121 Additional notes: Break: C#m (X3) C (sustain) A G#m A C A G#m | C#m (X3) C (sustain) A G#m A C (sustain) (repeat) Instrumental after bridge: C#m (sustained) | C#m G#m A B C#m (melody only, no bass change to C#) Outro: C#m (X3) C (sustain) A G#m A C A G#m | C#m (X3) C (sustain) A G#m A C (sustain) C#m (X3) C (sustain) A G#m A C A G#m | C#m (X3) C (sustain) A G#m A C (X4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse: C#m A I lost myself into the night C#m And I flew higher A Than I had ever C#m But I still felt small A I clipped my wings and fell from flight C#m To open water A And floated farther C#m Away from myself C#m E A And I swam in the wakes of imposters G#m C#m Just to feel what it's like to pretend E A There's no dreams in the lakes only monsters G#m C#m And the monsters are my only friends
Pre-Chorus: C#m B They're all that I was B And never could be Chorus: C#m Eyes in the dead still water G#m A Tried but it pushed back harder A B Cauterized and atrophied G#m This is my unbecoming C#m Knives in the backs of martyrs G#m A Lives in the burning fodder A B Cauterized and atrophied G#m This is my unbecoming Break- repeat once: C#m C A G#m A C A G#m C#m C A G#m A C Verse 2: C#m A You found me drifted out to sea C#m It's automatic A It's telepathic C#m You always knew me C#m E A And you laugh as I search for a harbor G#m C#m As you point where your halo had been C#m E A But the light in your eyes has been squandered A There's no angel in you in the end Pre-Chorus: C#m B And all that I was B I've left behind me Chorus: C#m Eyes in the dead still water G#m A Tried but it pushed back harder A B Cauterized and atrophied G#m This is my unbecoming C#m Knives in the backs of martyrs G#m A Lives in the burning fodder A B Cauterized and atrophied G#m This is my unbecoming Bridge: A F#m Now I wait C#/E# This metamorphosis A All that is left is the change F#m Selfish fate C#/E# I think you made me this C#m Under the water I wait Instrumental: C#m C#m G#m A B Chorus: C#m Eyes in the dead still water G#m A Tried but it pushed back harder A B Cauterized and atrophied G#m This is my unbecoming C#m Knives in the backs of martyrs G#m A Lives in the burning fodder A B Cauterized and atrophied G#m This is my unbecoming Outro: C#m C A G#m A C A G#m C#m C A G#m A C
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