Bb  688766
Ab  466544
Fm  133111
Eb  x68886

[Intro]
Eb Bb Cm Ab

[Verse 1]
Cm                           Bb         Cm
  You're missing the signs because it's not what you're looking for
Cm                 Ab
Faith is no bargain  cheaply bought off of trickster hands
Fm                          Ab
  The way of the shark is a middle way
Cm                                              Bb
  and the end of the road is a sharp mouth of knives
                     Eb Bb Eb
that thirsts for the clenching
Eb Bb Eb     Cm               Eb Bb Eb Cm
   Yeah that thirsts for the clenching

[Chorus]
Eb                       Bb
  Everything I need everything I touch
Cm         Ab
  Turns to quicksand
Eb                    Bb
  The harder I try, I try so hard
Cm               Ab
  It slips right through my
    Cm
fingers

[Verse 2]
Cm                  Bb              Cm                Ab
  Belief is a virtue  which no conjurer can fable for idle ears
Fm                                Ab
  The path of the unfailing is a lion's den for the simple-hearted
Cm                     Bb                                     Eb Bb Eb
  In the end it is the gap of the serpent that burrows in the deep
Eb Bb Eb     Cm             Eb Bb Eb Cm
   Yeah that burrows in the deep

[Chorus]
Eb                       Bb
  Everything I need everything I touch
Cm         Ab
  Turns to quicksand
Eb                    Bb
  The harder I try, I try so hard
Cm               Ab
  It slips right through my
    Cm
fingers

[Verse 3]
Cm                                Ab
  I am the awaited burst with the sun in my back
Bb                          Eb
 Burning your wounds and igniting mine
Cm                       Ab                                  Bb
  I am wine to your water No matter how much you pour the dilution
           Eb         Cm
it won't whitewash my wrong
Ab  Bb
 My wrong
Cm
 The harder I try, I try so hard

[Chorus]
Eb                       Bb
  Everything I need everything I touch
Cm         Ab
  Turns to quicksand
Eb                    Bb
  The harder I try, I try so hard
Cm               Ab
  It slips right through my
    Cm
fingers