That Unwanted Animal

Gm F Gm

Gm
There's a second wind coming

As we lie here in our bed
   Cm
It rattles the bones of our fathers

Carries whispers from the dead
         F
And you, you, you light a candle
           Dm
And I make sure the bairns are fed

    Gm
You turn the telly on

To drown out your fear
    Cm
And make the bed up silent on the 
floor

So no one will hear us
    F
You try so loud to love me
      Dm
But I cannot seem to hear


[Verse 1]
 Gm
'Cause you, you touch

My skin peels off like paint
    Cm
But beneath all of our panting

There's this noise I cannot shake
      F
Well, can't you hear that 
scratching?
        Dm
There's something at the door

        Gm
But the wind has picked us up now

We're hanging in the air
           Cm
And as you grip me like an animal

That you're about to spear
            F
"Be good to me, " I whisper
        Dm
And you say, "What?", and I said, 
"Nothing, dear"


[Pre-Chorus]
Cm
Can't you hear it?
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Gm
It can hear you
Cm
It wants me to
n.c.                           Gm F
(Throw the plate at the wall)


[Chorus]
        Gm
I'm the paper cut that kills you

I'm the priest that you ignored
        Cm
I'm the touch you crave

I'm the plans that you made

But fuck all your plans, I'm bored
               F
"And can't you hear that 
scratching?"
           Dm
I ask your eyes

         Gm
I've got knuckle burn from typing 
all these lines into your chest
           Cm
And as the belt from your buckle is 
tightening

I make shipwrecks out of my dress
         F
And the door below, it splinters
        Dm
And the creature creeps inside

       Gm
And we fall into each other

The scratching grows so loud
        Cm
Because that unwanted animal

Wants nothing more than to get out

And I scream
     F
'Oh, what's the time, Mr. Wolf?"
    Dm
But you, you're blind, you bleat, 
you bear your claws

            Gm
Oh, and you rip my ribcage open

And devour what's truly yours
        Cm
And our screaming joins in unison

I cry out to the Lord
             F
'Cause if we join our hands in 
prayer enough
   Dm
To God, I imagine it all starts to 
sound like applause


[Post-Chorus]
Cm
Can't you hear it
Gm
It can hear you
Cm              n.c. Gm F
It wants me to


[Bridge]
           Gm
And these plates, they smash like 
waves (Place your hand in mine)
    Cm
And on the wind, it howls (How long 
can this last?)
         F
But that second wind is coming, love
     Dm
It's coming for all we own
    Gm
And on the creature scratches

It doesn't know how to get out (Let 
me out)

    Cm
And you, you follow philosophies

But me, I laugh, I choke
       F
"Well, hello, my hollow Holofernes"
  Dm
I wink, but you don't get the joke
          Gm
"Hold the hand of the god-child, " 
they said

'As he falls from the sky"
Cm
"Be good to me, " I beg of him

"Be good to me, " I beg of him
F
Be good, be good, be good

Be good, be good, be good, be good
       Dm
And he replies  (Oh)

"No, no, not I"

[Other]
Gm
F Gm x4