Verse 1:
A E
When the baby's born
A E
Oh, let's turn it to the snow
F#m E
So that ice will surely grow
F#m E
Over weak and brittle bones
A E
Oh, let's leave it to the wolves
A E
So their teeth turn it to food
F#m E
Oh, its flesh keeps them alive
F#m E
Oh, its death helps them survive
F#m A E F#m E
Oh, the world can be kind in its own way
Verse 2:
A E
Oh well your future's a machine
A E
With the mechanics of a dream
F#m E
It is your mind that spins the wheel
F#m E
And your heart that makes you feel
A E
All the guilt for all your sins
A E
Oh and as that wheel spins
F#m E
Oh well it plays as they believed
F#m E
And for your husband you have grieved
F#m A E F#m E
Oh the world still deceives you as it turns
(no instrumental break, cut straight to the next part)
D (let ring) A (triplets)
Well in my lucid moments I could see
F#m (let ring) E (triplets)
Oh that the heart might be the weakest part of me
D (let ring) A (triplets)
Oh and the moon controls the movements of the tide
F#m (let ring) E (triplets)
Oh but it has no weight on the movements of my mind
or if it's what you want to do
(NC) D A
And your sense of culpability
D A
Is from the guides that you perceive
F#m
Will show you grace
E
Oh when you turn to a ghost
D A
Oh but now the love you found
D A
Is raising you from muddy ground
D A
And oh the death will let you down
F#m
'Cause your curse
E
Will go on the same
