Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse 1

Lying on my side knowing of thirst is how I'll die chalk on my tongue

Lying on the night beneath the dunes is where I lie to block the sun

Trying to ignite some sort of passion from inside to overcome

This feeling of desertion can't be worse than never having anyone

Chorus

 So I'll ask one thing

 Just one thing of you

 Don't ever turn me loose

Even when I turn my back

Verse 2

(same as Verse 1)

A lion on his side was it the lying or his pride which brought him down?

Once the king of beasts but now they feast on the thoughts beneath his vacant crown

Trying to decide was it the lying or the pride which brought it down?

To be alone to be dethroned believe me I know all about it now

Chorus

Bridge

I never told you then that I'd be easy to love

 Supposedly I'm a man but I felt like a cub

 I wandered into to the plains further and farther away

 Not ever knowing that I'd never come back the same

 As my organs gave way I swear I felt something burst

 It's been thirteen days and I'm dying of thirst

 As for the birds of prey I pray that someone else will get here first

I'm not alone, I'll be alright

 Just take these bones and breathe them back to life

 So I'll ask one thing

 Just one thing of you

 Don't ever turn me loose

 So I'll ask one thing

 Just one thing of you

 Don't ever turn me loose (So I'll ask)

 Don't ever turn me loose (One thing)

 Don't ever turn me loose (One thing)

Even when I turn my back