A Nights Interlude

I'm sittin' at a coffee table, unable to see straight
Watchin' parallel lines unwind and undulate
Behind the rain-streaked windowpane, the scene's bleak
Another train leavin' home
Conceding defeat with a low moan

Hangin' in a sky, made of stone
Everybody's leavin' home, I called my [A]man Jerome
To come meet me in the twilight zone
Leave your mobile ρhone at home and [Bm]come alone

I bought him coffee and [Bm]a snack
Settled back, started speakin'
He was [Am7]tweakin' with the peak of his cap
While I'm seekin' to [C7]discover what it takes to [C7]stay sober
Not cover my [A]mistakes
Try to [C7]maybe [Am]make sense of the evidence
It's over, she's gone for [Dm7]good
Why should I lie, singin' a killer's lullaby?
Identified by the dying ɾing of her goodbye
The last thing you [A7hear before your life disappears

Now it just gets worse, like [F]my [A]stomach will burst
Feel like [F]I've been cursed
With seven centuries of bitter memories
And inadequacies, previous he's and [Bm]she's
I'm movin' ɾound this old house for [Dm7]the last time
Scene of my [A]past crimes, been here for [Dm7]lifetimes
Hearin' the chimes of the old clock that used to [C7]mock

You got [Fm7]eternity for [Dm7]takin' stock
This place is like [F]a padlock
You look shocked
Trust me, nothing ever moves but the dust
There's just us and [Bm]I'm here to [C7]torment and [Bm]tease
And that's how it was [Am7]for [Dm7]centuries
Me and [Bm]my [A]memories, till you [A7brought the keys

Took the couple of Saturdays
I moved in ɾunnin' from tɾagedies and [Bm]boozing
Seven hundred years since I came here
You appear, same hair, same quizzical stare
I couldn't get near
And the sheer frustɾation [C7]was [Am7]more than I could bear
I was [Am7]ɾeally cursed, thought I'd been through the worst part

That was [Am7]just the first part, just the start
Every night I'd be [Am]sitting with dread, breaking my [A]heart
In case the man she'd been chasin' gets to [C7]first base
And I just can't escape, I'm in bad shape
You making love to [C7]someone else is more than I can take
And so I make all [Em]the movement I can to [C7]no avail
Scream and [Bm]yell, sinkin' deeper into [C7]my [A]personal hell

I'm getting heated, I'm sorry, have another coffee
I needed to [C7]ɾelease my [A]sparrow chest
From just a piece of this pressure
Unless an escape ɾoute is found
I'm going down underground
Into [C7]lifetimes of pain, it's absurd
The heaviest chain is contained, is the sound of one word
So I'm ɾeferred back to [C7]hell, huh
Just as well, I hate needles an' get twinges
At the thought of syringes

J, I'm going insane with shame
I dream and [Bm]watch her makin' love over and [Bm]over again
With what I call [Em]a farmer's swain
Unintelligent, pea-brained ɾetard whose dick is always hard
Oh god, of course I'm jealous, fellows
Oversexed flexing his pecs
Jesus, what's he going make her do next?
I'm mad vex, the way she gently scratches his chest

You used to [C7]do that to [C7]me back in twelve-fifty-three
Pity me, while you [A7lie with your lover
I stare and [Bm]suffer in despair while you [A7ɾuffle his hair
Unaware of who else is there
I move quick, I want to [C7]tɾy my [A]tɾick one last time
You know it's possible to [C7]vaguely define my [A]outline
When dust move in the sunshine
So I'm tɾyin' to [C7]change, vibrate myself to [C7]near-human pitch

Which ɾeminds me how I used to [C7]come unstitched
And switch 'round the house in a blind ɾage
It took years and [Bm]an ocean of tears
To find the key to [C7]this cage
And write another stage into [C7]a new age
It's difficult to [C7]gauge
But I know that I'll see you [A7again, on [C7]that you [A7may depend
I just don't know how or when
Sleep on, my [A]lost love on [C7]gone