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