Eyes As Candles

INTRO
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C  D  Bm  Em


[Verse 1]

C
My world is stirring sickly

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Spits out our voices singing

C            D
"Sha la la la, oh, no no,"

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To kingdom come so slightly

C
Here in the void in your place

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I twitch and tweak an illusion

C            D
To sit and stare so blankly

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Until our hope is used up

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[Pre-chorus]

C           Bm           D
Why do I always seem to need you 
when you're fleeing?
C           Bm           D
Where do you go when I'm around?
C           Bm           D
What have I done? What have I lost 
that's so defeating?
C           Bm           D
And have the nerve to wear a crown?

[Chorus x4]

C  C  Bm  Em
C  D  Bm  Em

Oh
Na na na na na na, hey! hey! hey!

[Verse 2]
Some unguarded room
A smoky figure fills me full
Makes my head swell and ruin
My family kneels at the pew
They nod - 'We believe in what 
you're doing'
I feel you rise above me
The western landscape's towering
And from my shell of a body
The flowers blossom for picking

[Pre-chorus]

[Chorus x4]

[Bridge]
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I've waited and waited for someone 
to take it
Don't fight it, don't bother an inch
 for another
Don't listen, don't hear them, 
they're in this together
I've learned well, now hear me, 
there's much to be fearing
I'm used to your absence, your 
faceless distraction

[Bridge/Chorus]

C
I've painted your patterns but found
 them attractive
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Now I've been leaning towards a life
 far more candid
C                         D
Though lead through the dark with 
your eyes as my candles
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Where your life and my life's 
directions can wrangle
C
And all of a sudden you've left me 
to handle
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The reasons that never forbid me to 
stand tall
C                         D
And somehow, oh somehow, I'll find 
out the secret
Bm                        Em
To staying alive without actually 
breathing