G Em
Good morning to the empty street:
C G
I'm like a dresser full of leaves
C D G
My eyes as dry as dust
G Em
There is a curtain in my mouth
C G
It opens and a song comes out
C D G G/F# Em
I've sung the loneliest words
C D
Words into your listening stones
G G/F# Em
Moss curled and songs
C D
Have twirled their tunes around your bones
[Verse 2]
G Em
Good morning Uncle with your pen
C G
The furniture was born again
C D G
At night while you slept in
G Em
The room it wrapped around your body
C G
Double pillows held your head
C D G G/F# Em
I watched your shrinking skin
Em C D
And all the lines that fill your face
G G/F# Em C D
I-iii-iii-n were falling into space
D G
There is a light that is so dim
G/F# Em
And a hand that pulls you in
C G D
When you can't swim anymore
D G
The freezing water fills your lungs
G D Em
The weight of waves surrounds your skin
C G D
And the outside comes all the way in
[Verse 3]
G Em
Your heart is held inside this box
C G
And we've got to turn it off
C D
So please don't be afraid
G Em
The love you gave us will go on
C G
We'll hold your memory when you're gone
C D G G/F# Em
Your self just can't be saved
Em C D G G/F# Em
So close your eyes and I'll turn off your heart
Em C D
Watch the sick room fall apart
C D G G/F# Em
This machine's counter restart
Em C
If I could hold your open
G D
Never-broken heart
D G
I would have held it from the start
