[Intro]
Cm
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[Verse 1]
Cm
I used to see the future and now I see nothin’
They cut out my eyes and sent me home packing
F Fm
To pace around the kitchen for scraps of inspiration
Cm
Crying like Cassandra, I
G
Used to tell the future, but they cut out my tongue
F Fm
And left me doing laundry to thinkin’ what I’ve done
Cm Am G F
It wasn’t me, it was the song
[Verse 2]
Cm
I used to move into the future, bring it all back
Let it bleed through my fingers, a treasure in my hands
Not [?] when there’s no one about
‘Cause they put crosses on the doors to try and keep me out
Cm Bb
With gard?ns of the grove
Am G#
And I run in the middl? of the road (Ooh)
[Chorus]
Cm Eb
Well, can you see me? I cannot see you
G#
Everything I thought I knew has fallen out of view
Eb G#
In this blindness I’m condemned to
Cm Eb
Well, can you hear me? I cannot hear you
G#
Every song I thought I knew, I’ve been deafened to
Eb G Cm
And there’s no one left to sing to
[Verse 3]
Cm
All the gods have been domesticated
And Heaven is now overrated
And the churches, they all closed their doors
But you can take your complaints straight to the Lord
Cm
I try to still look where they wander on the work
Bb
As the roses bloom
Am G# G
And the riot plants, they play me and you….
[Chorus]
Cm Eb
Well, can you see me? I cannot see you
G#
Everything I thought I knew has fallen out of view
Eb G#
In this blindness I’m condemned to
Cm Eb
Well, can you hear me? I cannot hear you
G#
Every song I thought I knew, I’ve been deafened to
Eb G Cm
And there’s no one left to sing to..
[Bridge]
Cm
Ooh
Bb
Ooh
Am G# G
Ooh, oh…
Cm
Ooh, ooh, ooh (Take me back)
Bb
Ooh, ooh, ooh (Oh, the drunken gods oversee me)
Am G# G
Ooh, ooh, ooh (I must be their favourite daughter)..
[Chorus]
Cm Eb
Well, can you see me? I cannot see you
G#
Everything I thought I knew has fallen out of view
Cm Eb
And if I run fast and back, could I break apart
G# Eb G
As empires tumble and cathedrals flatten in my heart?…