Em   D   C    G          Em             D
Have you ever heard that love is a metaphor?
           Em
A metaphor for the taste of the bottom
G                                      Em
The fall to the floor (The fall to the floor)
C              D    
I fall to the floor

[Verse 1]
Em
I remember me and you
G
I remember what you did
C
I remember being numb
D          
I remember feeling sick
Em                                           G
For the taste of the bottom, the fall to the floor
                                       C
Have you ever heard that love is a metaphor

For the way you failed me?
D
And now I'm failing you

(I want you to listen very, very carefully)

[Chorus]
C                   D
Like the serpent's tongue
D                          Em
Like the storm that shakes me
Em                 G                             C
Like the hand that beats me, until I'm black and blue
C               D
Like the autumn chill
D                  Em
Like the love that failed me
                 G
Let the Earth remove me
G              C D
Black and blue
D              Em G C
Black and blue

[Verse 2]
Em                                  G
Have you ever heard that death is a metaphor?
           C
A metaphor for, "What if I'm not good enough?
D               
What if I'm not strong enough?
Em                          G
What if I'm not kind enough for what happens next?
C
For what happens then?"

[Chorus]
C                   D
Like the serpent's tongue
D                          Em
Like the storm that shakes me
Em                 G                             C
Like the hand that beats me, until I'm black and blue
C               D
Like the autumn chill
D                  Em
Like the love that failed me
                 G
Let the Earth remove me
G              C D
Black and blue
 D         Em   Em
(Black and blue)

[Chorus]
 C                   D
(Like the serpent's tongue)

Like the serpent's tongue
 D                          Em
(Like the storm that shakes me)

And the storm that shakes me
 Em            G
(The hand that beats me)
                                 C
The hand that beats me black and blue
 C               D
(Like the autumn chill)

Like the autumn chill
 D                  Em
(Like the love that failed me)

Lo-ove, lo-ove
G
Lo-o-ove
G         Em   D C
Black and blue