Verse 1: 
AE When the baby's born
AE Oh, let's turn it to the snow
F#mE So that ice will surely grow
F#mE Over weak and brittle bones
AE Oh, let's leave it to the wolves
AE So their teeth turn it to food
F#mE Oh, its flesh keeps them alive
F#mE Oh, its death helps them survive
F#mAEF#mE Oh, the world can be kind in its own way
 Verse 2: 
AE Oh well your future's a machine
AE With the mechanics of a dream
F#mE It is your mind that spins the wheel
F#mE And your heart that makes you feel
AE All the guilt for all your sins
AE Oh and as that wheel spins
F#mE Oh well it plays as they believed
F#mE And for your husband you have grieved
F#mAEF#mE 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) DA And your sense of culpability
DA Is from the guides that you perceive
F#m Will show you grace
E Oh when you turn to a ghost
 
DA Oh but now the love you found
DA Is raising you from muddy ground
DA And oh the death will let you down
F#m 'Cause your curse
E Will go on the same