A Single Thread

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definitely my favorite song off the 2017 album.
these chords work for me, i don't think they're correct though ... (better ideas?)

i strum it pretty quickly kinda like DD-UDU DD-UDU (and so on)

here's a cover i made while i was sick, maybe it helps with the strumming (might do a better one
 some day):


[Intro]
(B E F# B)

[Verse 1]
(B E F# B):

      B                      E
i was pulled out of bed by a single thread
   F#                       B
it tugged me to death by my clothing
      B                        E
and i was led to a door i’d never seen before
        F#                     B
with an old gentle glow of its opening
            B                            E
where i was a child pressed against your flower dress
           F#                      B
i clung to it like i did before i lost you
            B                            E
and i could tell you were cured you were happier
             F#                              B
your perfect words were the comfort that you offered

[Chorus]
(E F# B):

      E       F#                B
and i sat and thought about the way that women talk
    E             F#         B
how carefully the words are chosen
             E        F#        B
and without missing a beat you lift me off my feet
          E         F#            B
and throw me in the depths of the ocean

[Verse 2]
      B                    E
where i had a dream that i couldn’t breathe
         F#               B
that the vicious sea was attacking
   B                       E
it wrestled my tongue as it filled my lungs
         F#                      B
with the pressure that i’d been avoiding
      B                            E
and i sank to the depths where the bodies slept
      F#                 B
and a sign that read its warnings
              B                       E
said: “he who opens his mouth while already drowned
F#                           B
insults the knowledge of the ocean“

[Chorus]
     E             F#              B
so i sat inside to wait for it to dry
           E                 F#          B
until the sun had turned the sea into a meadow
           E          F#  B
and when i opened my eyes you were by my side
            E           F#            B
waiting for me with the trees and the pebbles

B E F# B

[Verse 3]
         B                              E
and i said: “how could this be“ you said: “i just followed the string
              F#                        B
that comes to me when i sleep, when i’m dreaming
          B                            E
my little star, my baby love, i wasn’t giving up
      F#                          B
just taking the break i thought i needed“
             B                           E
and i said: “build me a wall that’s indestructible
      F#               B
place it all around my body
        B                       E
have it blocking the sun so that when it comes
        F#                    B
i’ll be right here where you left me“

[Chorus]
     E     F#       B
i’ll sleep away the sadness of today
          E           F#         B
and bury deep in the sheets that surround me
          E      F#        B
yeah i’ll sleep until the blankets and the quilts
E                 F#   B
dissolve into the soil around me