[Verse 1]
Am          Bm7b5                 C
Inside the doors are sealed to love
             Dm            
Inside my heart is sleeping
Am         Bm7b5            C
Inside the fingers of my glove
             E7
Inside the bones of my right hand
Am          Bm7b5              C
Inside it's colder than the stars
             Dm
Inside the dogs are weeping
Am         Bm7b5           C
Inside the circus of the wind
                  E7
Inside the clocks are filled with sand 
Am            Bm7b5
Inside she'll never hurt me
C            Dm
Inside the winter's creeping
Am         Bm7b5            C
Inside the compass of the night
           E7
Inside the folding of the land
F              Bm7b5
Outside the stars are turning
Am             E7             Am
Outside the world's still burning 
F Bm7b5 Am E7
Am        Bm7b5              C
Inside my head's a box of stars
           Dm
I never dared to open
Am         Bm7b5                 C
Inside the wounded hide their scars,
            E7
inside this lonesome sparrow's fall
Am         Bm7b5           C
Inside the songs of our defeat,
                 Dm
they sing of treaties broken
Am          Bm7b5         C
Inside this army's in retreat,
           E7
we hide beneath the thunder's call
F             Bm7b5
Outside the rain keeps falling
Am          E7
Outside the drums are calling
F              Bm7b5
Outside the flood won't wait
Am              E7
Outside they're hammering down the gate
[Chorus]
Dm
Love is the child of an endless war
N.C.
Love is an open wound still raw 
C
Love is a shameless banner unfurled
N.C.
Love is the fire of the world
D7
Love is a violent star
N.C.
A tide of destruction
Dm7
Love is an angry scar
            Bm7b5                       E7
A violation, a mutilation, capitulation, love is annihilation, annihilation.
[Verse 3]
Am         Bm7b5             C
Inside the failures of the light,
                Dm
the night is wrapped around me
Am        Bm7b5             C
Inside my eyes deny their sight,
              E7
you'd never find me in this place
Am           Bm7b5              C
Inside we're hidden from the moonlight,
            Dm
we shift between the shadows
Am         Bm7b5            C
Inside the compass of the night,
           E7
inside the memory of your face
F             Bm7b5
Outside the walls are shaking
Am           E7
Inside the dogs are waking
F                Bm7b5
Outside the hurricane won't wait
Am               E7
Inside they're howling down the gate
[Chorus]
Dm
Love is the child of an endless war
N.C.
Love is an open wound still raw 
C
Love is a shameless banner unfurled
N.C.
Love is the fire at the end of the world
D7
Love is a violent star
N.C.
A tide of destruction
Dm7
Love is an angry scar
N.C.
The pain of instruction
Bm7b5
Love is a violation, a mutilation, capitulation, Love is annihilation.
[Verse 4]
Ebm
I climb this tower inside my head 
A spiral stair above my bed 
Db
I dream the stairs don't ask me why, 
I throw myself into the sky
Eb7
Love me like a baby, love me like an only child
Love me like an ocean; love me like a mother mild
Ebm7
Love me like a father, love me like a prodigal son
Love me like a sister, love me like the world has just begun
Cm7b5
Love me like a prodigy, love me like an idiot boy,
Love me like an innocent, love me like your favorite toy
Bbm
Love me like a virgin, love me like a courtesan,
Love me like a sinner, love me like a dying man.
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