Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse 1

Sheets of empty canvas

Untouched sheets of clay

Lay spread out before me

As her body once did

All five horizons

Revolved around her soul

As the earth to the sun

Now the air I tasted

And breathed has taken a turn

Pre-chorus

Hmmmm, and all I taught her was everything

Hmmmm, I know she gave me all that she wore

Chorus

And now my bitter hands,

Shake beneath clouds

Of what was everything

Oh, the pictures

Have all been washed in black

Tattooed everything

Verse 2

I take a walk outside

I'm surrounded by some kids at play

Oh, I can feel their laughter

So, why do I sear

Pre-chorus

Hmmmm, and twised thoughts that spin 'round my head, I'm spinning, oh

I'm spinning, How quick the sun can drop away

Chorus

And now my bitter hands

Cradle broken glass

Of what was everything

All the pictures have

All been washed in black

Tattooed everything

All the love gone bad

Turned my world to black

And tattooed all I see,

All that I am,

All I'll be

Break

Yeah Uh huh Uh huh

Outro

I know someday you'll have a beautiful life,

I know you'll be a star in somebody elses sky

But why, why, why can't it be,

Why can't it be mine