Past Is A Grotesque Animal Chords

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GmThe past is a grotesque animal and in it's eyes you A♯see

 how completely wrong you can Dmbe

 how completely wrong you can Fbe

 the Gmsun is out it melts the snow that fell yesterday

 makes you A♯wonder why it Dmbothered

Dmi fell in love with the first cute girl that i met

 who could apGmpreciate George Bataille

A♯standing at a Swedish festival discussing the "story of thDme eye"

 discussing the "story of the Feye"

Gmit's so embarrassing to need someone like i do you

 how can i exA♯plain i need you here and not here Dmtoo

 how can i explain i need you here and Fnot here too

GmI'm flunking out i'm gone i'm just gone

 but at A♯least i author my own disaster Dm

 at least i author my own disaster F

Gmperformance breakdown and i don't want to hear it

 i'm just not aA♯vailable

 things could be different but they're Dmnot

 things could be different but they're Fnot

 the mousy Gmgirl screams "violence! violence!"

the mousy girl screams "violence! violence!"

 she gets hyA♯sterical

 cause they're both so mean and it's my Dmfavorite scene

 but the cruelty's so predictable it makes you sad on the Gmstage

 though our love project has so much potentA♯ial

but it's like we weren't made for this world

 though i Dmwouldn't really want to meet someone who was F

 do i have to Gmscream in your face?

 i've been dodging lamps and A♯vegetables

throw it all in my face

 i don't Dmcare

let's just have some fun

 let's tear this shit apartA♯

let's tear the fucking house apart

 let's tear our fucking bodies apartGm

 but let's just have some fun A♯

Dmsomehow you've red rovered the gestapo circling my heart

and nothing can defeat you no death no ugly world

Gmyou've lived so brightly you've altered everything

 i A♯find myself searching for old selves

 while speeding forward through the Dmplate glass of maturing cells F Gm

 i've played the unA♯raveler the parhelion

 but even DmApocalypse is fleeting there's no death no ugly world

 sometimes i Gmwonder if you're mythologizing me like i do you

 mythologizing A♯me like i do you

 we want our film to be Dmbeautiful not realistic

 perceive me in the Fradiance of terror dreams

 and you can betray me Gm

 you can A♯

you can betray me

Dmbut teach me something wonderful

 crown my head crowd my head with your Flilting effects

project your fears on to me i need to view them

Gmsee there's nothing to them

 i promise you there's nothing to them A♯

 i'm so touched by your goodness you make me Dmfeel so criminal

 how do you Fkeep it together? i'm all all unraveled Gm

 but you know no A♯matter where we are we're always touching by underground wires

Dmi've explored you with the detachment of an analyst

 but Fmost nights we've raided the same kingdoms

Gmand none of our secrets are physical

 none of our secrets are A♯physical

A♯none of our secrets are physical Dmnow