G
Hot breath, rough skin
Cadd9
warm laughs, and smiling,
Em
the lovliest words
D
whispered and meant
Cadd9
you like all these things.
D
But though you like all these things
G
you love a stone.
Cadd9
You love a stone,
D Am
because it's smooth and it's cold.
Em
And you'd love most
D
to be told
Cadd9
that it's all your own.
G
You love white veins,
D
you love hard grey,
Am
the heaviest weight,
Cadd9
the clumsiest shape,
Em
the earthiest smell,
D
the hollowest tone
Cadd9
you love a stone.
Bridge: G D Am Cadd9
G
And I'm found too fast,
called too fond of flames,
Cadd9
and then I'm phoning my friends,
and then I'm shouldering the blame,
Em
while you're picking pebbles
D
out of the drain,
Cadd9
miles ago.
G
You're out singing songs,
and I'm down shouting names
Cadd9
at the flickerless screen,
going fucking insane.
Em
Am I losing my cool,
D
overstating my case?
Cadd9
Well, baby what can I say?
D
You know I never claimed
G
that I was a stone.
Cadd9
And you love a stone.
G
You love white veins,
D
you love hard grey,
Am
the heaviest weight,
Cadd9
the clumsiest shape,
Em
the earthiest smell,
D
the hollowest tone
Cadd9
you love a stone.
Bridge: G D Am Cadd9 (x2) G
Cadd9
You love a stone,
D
because it's dark
Am
and it's old
Em
and if it could start
D
being alive
Cadd9
you'd stop living alone.
(quieter, don't strum as much)
G
And I think I believe
D
that if stones could dream
Am
they'd dream of being laid
Cadd9
side-by-side piece-by-piece
Em
and turned into a castle
D
for some towering queen
Cadd9
they're unable to know.
G
And when that queen's daughter
D
came of age,
Am
I think she'd be lovely
Cadd9
and stubborn and brave,
Em
and suitors would journey
D
from kingdoms away
Cadd9
just to make themselves known.
G
And I think that I know
D
the bitter dismay
Am
of a lover who brought
Cadd9
fresh brouquets every day
Em
when she turned him away
D
to remember some knave
Cadd9
who once gave just one rose, one day, years ago.
The end:
G D Am Cadd9 X4
