Standard (EADGBE)

Key: ,

Chords used:

Intro

Dm-- x8

Verse 1

City of blue tile

Figure in Ceramics

Where we reach out

Grab for Porce-

Chorus 1

-lain But it's too fragile to hold

And it shatters in our hands

In time the seasons will

seal these shards

Into the slits that

denote your wrists

Death is the answer

To calculations composed

of motions that are the same

And secret and different

A missing alphabet

with a message for us

Verse 2

When people die

(DIE,DIE!)

They take a piece

of us with them

(PEOPLE DIE AND DIE!)

And holes in clouds

are minutes passing

(DIE AND DIE!)

Rescind this line

and several ties

(PEOPLE DIE AND

DIE EVERYDAY!)

The skyline unfolds

into expla-

Chorus 2

-nation That sometimes

words give up

And silently walk off the

edge the edge of the page

And here the cry opens up

reveals the word inside

The crack in the porcelain

The crack in the porcelain

The crack in the porcelain

Interlude

Bb--Dm--

Bridge

The silent line of

skylit eyes show

The silent line of

skylit eyes show

The silent line of

skylit eyes show

The silent line of

skylit eyes show

(Repeat)

D--

Sing in Backup:

Death up there shine

more brightly than

lives down here

Try and live

(Repeat Verse 2)

Outro

-nation

explanation

Try and live

Try and live

Try and live

Try and live

Try and live

Try and live

Try and live

Try and live

Bb Dm---(hold)

Try and live, live

Try and live

Try and live