Capo 1st fret
Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
Verse 1
You come into the threshold of another starless night of fear
You're running from the demons that would, drag you down again
Illusions of the world are spinning out of time and frame and_ synchronicity
Pre-chorus 1
--- 2x
Chorus 1
What__ is_____, what is this__, this mess of my ex-is-tence is
All__ these_____, po-li-tics of life and death and re - le - vance
It's my existence_ (Arabic wail____________)
Verse 2
Another morning it comes running up your bedpost with the wind
You face yourself just like you always do, time and time again
The mortal coil of image inner peace and_ satisfaction__ satisfaction
Pre-chorus 2
--- 2x
Chorus 2
What__ is_____, what is this__, this mess of my ex-is-tence is
All__ these_____, po-li-tics of life and death and re - le - vance
It's my existence_ (Arabic wail____________)
Interlude
(continue Arabic wail throughout)
Chorus 3
What__ is_____, what is this__, this mess of my ex-is-tence is
All__ these_____, po-li-tics of life and death and re - le - vance
Outro
Oh you just take it all, make it work and make some sense
Just take it all, youre my existence
You just take it all, make it work and make some sense
Just take it all, youre my existence
Youre my existence
(vocal note on outro: ad-lib Ah-ah__ and Oh-oh-oh__ throughout)