Am

Am      Am/F#              F    G
Inevitability, you are my mother
Am
Bleeding seeds of sour lust
 Am/F#
Onto the mounds of bleeding crust
F
Unto all that holy dust
         G
I shall return
 E
Bathed in fire

[Instrumental]
Am G F
Am C E

[Pre-Chorus]
     Am
The world is ice
    G
But I'm the spark
           F
That can ignite your world
       Am
I can warm you
 G        F         E
Or I can burn you down


[Hook]
       C
They tied me to the chain link fence
     C#
And beat me down--I've no defense
C                  Bb
I always knew I'd die in...
C                C#
I always knew I'd die in...
C          G
I always knew...

[Instrumental]
 Am  Am/F# F    G

[Verse 2]
    Am  Am/F#              F    G
Impossibility, you are my father
  Am
Growing limbs of odd proportion
   Am/F#
Singing psalms of all abortion
          F
Speaking truths that are factual

But dishonest
 G                           E
Because you cannot tell the difference (no)

[Instrumental]
Am G F
Am C E

[Pre-Chorus]
     Am
The world is dark
    G
But I'm the spark
     F
That lights the path
       Am
I can save you
G         F         E
Or I can damn your soul


[Hook]
       C
They tied me to the chain link fence
     C#
And beat me down--I've no defense
C                  Bb
I always knew I'd die in...
C                C#
I always knew I'd die in...
C          G
I always knew...

[Instrumental]
 Am  Am/F# F    G

[Verse 3]
    Am  Am/F#                F    G
Impracticality, you are my brother
 Am
Raising flags to stay the army
Am/F#
Arming thugs who wish to harm me
     F                                    G
Complying with Spring just to see Winter die
     E
And take me with it

(because . . .)

[Bridge]
    Am
The world is me
    Am/F#
And I'm the dark
      F
There is no life
      G
There is no spark
        Am
You've murdered me
    Am/F#
Everything I am
     F
I am nothing now
        G
You're just like them
     Am
The world is me
     Am/F#
And I'm the dark
      F
There is no life
      G
There is no spark
        Am
You've murdered me
    Am/F#
Everything I am
     F
I am nothing now
        G            Am
You're just like them

[Verse 4]
    Am                 Am/F#
The birds are bleeding upside-down
       F                   G
Their feathers congeal to form my crown
     Am                    Am/F#
And though I stand here, cruciform
         F
I am no martyr
            G
I will not be reborn

[Pre-Chorus]
     Am             Am/F#
And honestly, I'm glad of it
       F            G
I can take it as a compliment
     Am             Am/F#
And honestly, I'm glad of it
       F            G
I can take it as a compliment
     Am             Am/F#
And honestly, I'm glad of it
       F
I can take it as a compliment

[Instrumental]
Am Dm
Am Dm
Am Dm
Am Dm
Am Dm
Am Dm
Am Dm
Am Dm


[Hook]
       C
They tied me to the chain link fence
     C#
And beat me down--I've no defense
C                  Bb
I always knew I'd die in... (kill me now)
C                 C#           C  C#
I always knew I'd die in the snow (do it slow)
C                  G          Am
I always knew I'd die in the snow (in the snow)