E          B 
So slowly I'm losing  
    Abm        E 
who I've sworn to be.  
    E          B 
a promise in pencil  
    Abm                   E 
that years have made so hard to read.  
    E                     B  
I've spent my life building walls  
    Abm                   E 
brick by brick and bruise by bruise...  
    E          B          Abm        Gb 
a birdcage religion that whispered me to sleep.  


Instrumental: E, B, E, B, E, B, E, B, Gb 


    E          B  
but time is spinning silk  
    Abm        E 
that coils ruthlessly;  
    E          B 
with the devil's patience,  
    Abm        E 
it binds my hands so quietly  
    Gb                 E     Gb 
that soon it becomes a part of me.  


Instrumental: E, B, E, B, E, B, E, B, Gb (2X) 


    E          B             Abm            E 
so soften these edges and straighten out my tie.  
    E          B 
and help me remember  
    Abm                    E 
the hope that I have compromised.  


    Gb                E       Gb 
please be a broken record for me. 


Instrumental: E, B, E, B, E, B, E, B, Gb