Standard (EADGBE)
Verse 1
I used to be a king alone
Like Solomon or Rehoboam
And in the eaves the corvidae
did jealous keep my picture frames
and everything did oxidate in place
[verse 2 with different ending]
But then you came, a single cell
with astrolabe and carousel
and algebra and symmetry
and none of this was lost on me
and I could F#1see how still I'd F#1been before
If I don't F#1eat, I don't F#1sleep at all.
Bridge 1
Like limbs in procession,
like so many birds,
stampeding like oxen,
our hearts are a herd,
Chorus 1
I loved you in the bed,
I loved you in the best way possible,
I loved you in the bed,
Bridge 2
Did you see the light in my heart?
Did you see the sweat on my brow?
Did you see the fear in my heart?
Did you see me bleeding it out?
[chorus 2 and end]
I loved you in the bed,
I loved you in the best way possible,
I loved you in the best way possible,
I loved you in the best way possible,
I loved you in the best way possible,
I loved you in the bed.