Watch Me Read You

Intro F# [Verse 1] F# Watch me read you The turning pages of an epic Dissected hallucinogenic Black coffee addict F# Life,, ended lies Cold on that metal tray Wasting away I watch him sneer at me F# From beyond the grave I hear him call for me [Verse 2] F# Watch me read you I get scared when it falls dark The creeping shadows up my arm The sneaking scarecrows F# Work their charm But circumstantial The way I blink when you get mad Feel disarmed when you get sad F# But turn to run when we fall back On old behaviors [Verse 3] F# When the flavor turns from sweet to sour That’s the hour that I seek The heavy hearts And tired retreats F# With words of hatred Watch it seep through skin Like sap through bark I cower in the dark F# Til your return When will I learn? Chorus Bm A We never wanted to be more than just a silhouette G Em Breathing the smoke from others mouths and lying in the dirt Bm A So make a promise but then later we can just forget G Em It’s hard to let your breath our when your used to holding it Bm She’ll go (ohh) A Got out through the window (ohh) G It’s her (ohh) Em Maybe it’s a shadow (ohh) Bm A You never wanted to be more than just a silhouette G Em But when you cry the light reflects and I see you again Interlude F# “The beautiful colors of the people’s faces…” “…and the way they sat on top of those necks” [Verse 4] F# Watch me read you Like words ripped right off the page Another ghost,, another day Of melancholy,, UV rays F# And heavy eyelids You just decided not to care Compressed your fears And cut your hair F# Lifted your shirt To find there’s nothing there [Verse 5] F# Now read me: Red wine,, copper stained With curly hair and crazy eyes F# Impulsive mouth She loves the rain But not the dark A#m You feel insane F# The overpass is wet with blood She turns to you to say “Hey.. We can’t exist” [Verse 6] A#m And in that moment,, it’s just bliss F# It’s like you’ve missed A thousand years and as you kiss It’s like you drift F# Between here and there Between real and fake F# As I hold my breath I can’t see your face Watch me read me,, Read you,, read them,, read us: F# Everyone’s a burning book on Trust and lust and love and what we are and what we’re made of Chorus Bm A We never wanted to be more than just a silhouette G Em Breathing the smoke from others mouths and lying in the dirt Bm D So make a promise but then later we can just forget G Em It’s hard to let your breath our when your used to holding it Bm She’ll go (ohh) D Got out through the window (ohh) G It’s her (ohh) Em Maybe it’s a shadow (ohh) Bm D You never wanted to be more than just a silhouette G But when you cry the light reflects and I see you again Bridge G So don’t just see me A Oh surround me Bm D It’s getting harder,, babe,, to focus on just one thing G It’s enigmatic A Truly astounding Bm The way we stand together G But we are still drifting G You are so absent A But you consume me Bm D G And when the sun goes down the night it wraps around me You try to stand still A I can’t help moving Bm D G You’re like the moon that draws the tide that rushes through me Chorus Bm A We never wanted to be more than just a silhouette G Em Breathing the smoke from others mouths and lying in the dirt Bm D So make a promise but then later we can just forget G Em It’s hard to let your breath our when your used to holding it Bm She’ll go (ohh) D Got out through the window (ohh) G It’s her (ohh) Em Maybe it’s a shadow (ohh) Bm D You never wanted to be more than just a silhouette G But when you cry the light reflects and I see you again Bm Em Outro Bm I watch you read me D The burning pages of my life G Reduced to ash and overnight I find my body Em Is not mine