The Recluse

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    Bb    Ab
I awake alone
      C#m            B#
in a woman's room I hardly know.
    Bb   Ab
I awake alone
     C#m               B#
and pretend that I am finally home.

    Bb        Ab
The room is littered
          C#m        B#
with her books and notebooks
    Bb     Ab
I imagine what they say, like,
 C#m            B#
"Shoo fly don't bother me."
 Bb               Ab               C#m
I can hardly get myself out of the bed
    B#     Bb              Ab       C#m
for fear of never lying in this bed again.

    B#         Bb  Ab   C#m  B#
Oh Christ, I'm not that desperate.
   Bb     Ab     C#m
Oh no, oh God. I am.

Bb, Ab, C#m, B#(x3)

How'd I end up here to begin with?
I don't know.
Why do I start what I can't finish?
Oh please don't barrage me
with the questions
to all those ugly answers.
My ego's like my stomach,
it keeps shitting what I feed it.

But maybe I don't want to finish anything anymore.
Maybe I can wait in bed 'til she comes home
and whispers,
"You're in my web now,
I've come to wrap you up tight
'til it's time to bite down."

I awake alone
in a woman's room I hardly know.
I awake alone
and pretend that I am finally home.