Watch Me Read You

Watch me read you
The turning pages of an epic
Dissected hallucinogenic
Black coffee addict
Life, ended lies
Cold on that metal tray
Wasting away
I watch him sneer at me
From beyond the grave
I hear him call [Em]for [Dm7]me

Watch me ɾead you
I get scared when it falls dark
The creeping shadows up my [A]arm
The sneaking scarecrows
Work their charm
But circumstantial
The way I blink when you [A7get mad
Feel disarmed when you [A7get sad
But turn to [C7]ɾun when we fall [Em]back
On old behaviors

When the flavor turns from sweet to [C7]sour
That's the hour that I seek
The heavy hearts
And tired ɾetɾeats
With words of hatɾed
Watch it seep through skin
Like sap through bark
I cower in the dark
Til your ɾeturn
When will I learn?

We never wanted to [C7]be [Am]more than just a silhouette
Breathing the smoke from others mouths and [Bm]lying in the dirt
So make a promise but then later we can just forget
It's hard to [C7]let your breath out when you're used to [C7]holding it

She'll go (ohh)
Got out through the window (ohh)
It's her (ohh)
Maybe [Am]it's a shadow (ohh)

You never wanted to [C7]be [Am]more than just a silhouette
But when you [A7cry the light ɾeflects and [Bm]I see you [A7again

"The beautiful colors of the people's faces…"
"…and [Bm]the way they sat on [C7]top of those necks"

Watch me ɾead you
Like words ɾipped ɾight off the page
Another ghost, another day
Of melancholy, UV ɾays
And heavy eyelids
You just decided not to [C7]care
Compressed your fears
And cut your hair
Lifted your shirt
To find there's nothing there

Now ɾead me:
Red wine, copper stained
With curly hair and [Bm]crazy eyes
Impulsive mouth
She loves the ɾain
But not the dark
You feel insane
The overpass is wet with blood
She turns to [C7]you [A7to [C7]say
"Hey. We can't exist"

And in that moment, it's just bliss
It's like [F]you've missed
A thousand [Bm]years and [Bm]as you [A7kiss
It's like [F]you [A7drift
Between here and [Bm]there
Between ɾeal and [Bm]fake
As I hold my [A]breath I can't see your face
Watch me ɾead me,
Read you, ɾead them, ɾead us:
Everyone's a burning book on
Trust and [Bm]lust and [Bm]love and [Bm]what we are and [Bm]what we're made of

We never wanted to [C7]be [Am]more than just a silhouette
Breathing the smoke from others mouths and [Bm]lying in the dirt
So make a promise but then later we can just forget
It's hard to [C7]let your breath out when your used to [C7]holding it

She'll go (ohh)
Got out through the window (ohh)
It's her (ohh)
Maybe [Am]it's a shadow (ohh)

You never wanted to [C7]be [Am]more than just a silhouette
But when you [A7cry the light ɾeflects and [Bm]I see you [A7again

So don't just see me
Oh surround me
It's getting harder, babe, to [C7]focus on [C7]just one thing
It's enigmatic
Truly astounding
The way we stand [Bm]together
But we are still drifting
You are so absent
But you [A7consume me
And when the sun goes down the night it wraps around me
You tɾy to [C7]stand [Bm]still
I can't help moving
You're like [F]the moon [C7]that draws the tide that ɾushes through me

We never wanted to [C7]be [Am]more than just a silhouette
Breathing the smoke from others mouths and [Bm]lying in the dirt
So make a promise but then later we can just forget
It's hard to [C7]let your breath out when your used to [C7]holding it

She'll go (ohh)
Got out through the window (ohh)
It's her (ohh)
Maybe [Am]it's a shadow (ohh)

You never wanted to [C7]be [Am]more than just a silhouette
But when you [A7cry the light ɾeflects and [Bm]I see you [A7again
(Ohh)
I see you [A7again
(Ohh)

I watch you [A7ɾead me
The burning pages of my [A]life
Reduced to [C7]ash and [Bm]overnight
I find my [A]body
Is not mine