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[Verse 1]
A5                 B5            
  In my mind, not enough birds 
    C5
have died
       D5                      
In the shadow of this once cast 
 A5
stone
        B5                   C5
And I'm not unwell, but I am ill at 
ease
             D5                    
With all the buttons still left to 
A5
sew
        B5      C5           D5  
Through needles eyes, see me 
                 A5      B5
sharper than I see myself


[Refrain]
              G5        D5    A5 
So you should stitch me in to 
          C5
stop me from bleeding


[Verse 2]
A5                     B5    
  And education can be fickle I 
        C5
think
              D5
Sometimes the more you learn
    A5              B5            
The more you lose a sense of what 
              C5
you think you know
              D5                   
About all the buttons still left to
 A5
 sew
    B5     C5          D5        
And I'm outside myself more and 
          A5      B5
more these days


[Refrain]
              G5        D5      
So you should stitch my skin to 
A5           C5
stop me from bleeding
                             A5
All over this fresh song and I
Continúa después del anuncio
Eliminar anuncios
                    C5
Acknowledge all the corners
                    G5      D5    
And all the freshly painted walls,
      A5             C5
 that bear no former scars
Since they're patched up and over 
A5
now
                  C5
But I was born of miners
                    G5    D5 
And I'm designed to chip away, 
    A5           C5     B5
tunnel into the dark


[Chorus]
C5                  G5           
  But why must it always come 
            D5
down to some unseen contender?
A5  B5     C5
I   don't  know
                       G5      
When hatchlings all we are just 
              D5               A5
battling the whitewash birds above
B5       C5
Sharks below
                  G5             
Though I feel empathy towards the 
                   D5
ones who threaten me
                          A5       
I'd still leave them soft-shelled 
      B5       C5     B5
to the beaks of crows


[Bridge]
Em                         G5
  But every now and then a tempest 
blows
Em                        B7
  And the veneer I keep becomes 
unsewn
    C5                     G5
But will you ever read me well?
  C5
I can only assume so
Em                       G5
  And I'm buoyant like a flotsam man
Em                 B7
  Relegated by the waves to land
     C5                    G5
They dry me like a brittle bone
  C5                   A5     C5 
Paraded like a polished stone
    D/F# G5  D5  A5     E5 Em  D/F#



[Chorus]
C5                  G5        D5
  But why must it always come 
           A5
down to some unseen contender?
Em  D/F#   C5
I   don't  know
                       G5      
When hatchlings all we are just 
 D5           A5               Em
battling the whitewash birds above
D/F#     C5
Sharks below
                  G5              
Though I feel empathy towards the 
D5                A5
ones who threaten me
                          Em       
I'd still leave them soft-shelled 
      D/F#     C5     G5     A5 
to the beaks of crows
    Em  D/F#



[Chorus]
C5                  G5        D5
  But why must it always come 
           A5
down to some unseen contender?
Em  D/F#   C5
I   don't  know
                       G5      
When hatchlings all we are just 
 D5           A5               Em
battling the whitewash birds above
D/F#     C5
Sharks below
                  G5              
Though I feel empathy towards the 
D5                A5
ones who threaten me
                          Em       
I'd still leave them soft-shelled 
      D/F#     C5     G5  D5  A5  Em
to the beaks of crows
                    D/F#      C5  
And that's what you ought to know
   G5  D5  A5  Em

                            D/F# 
I'd see them smashed on the reefs 
   C5     G5  D5  A5  Em     
below
D/F#  C5     D/F# G5  D5  A5  Em