Revisited

F Em Dm C

F                          Em
When some unfamiliar faces came to 
shop in our old house,
Dm                                
I didn't bother trying to stop 
  C
them until they emptied it out.
F                                 
I was standing by the front door, 
Em                      Dm
stuffing cash in a jar, taking 
payment for our failures,
C
I only wanted to alarm you.

F                       
So when they asked me for 
              Em
directions, I sold them our map,
Dm
I sold our shovels and our 
flashlights,
C
They took our duffel bag with a ton 
of room, but a broken strap.
F                        
The hungry patrons hit the 
             Em
graveyard, I lit a joint in the 
house
Dm                            
Where there was nothing but our 
                                C
mattress and the same soft shelter 
of sheets

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Where nobody found us.

F Em Dm C

F                               
I let them strip your mausoleum so 
Em
nothing was left
Dm
But they forgot to close the casket,
C
They sent you shivering to my 
doorstep
F                           Em
Gently clawing at my window when I 
was less than awake
Dm
I slid it up for you to slither 
through
C
I heard you howling

"Just take me!
                    F
Just take me to the rusty city we 
perfected
Em
That holy summer we first found!
Dm                        
The place you're stubbornly 
                    C
protecting is the only pretty thing 
that we own now.
F                             Em
And we can stay here to wither in 
your garden of Eden
Dm                            
But your fantasy's a prison and 
                     C
you're serving a sentence you can't 
stop repeating

F Em Dm C

F                            Em
Can you see the secret exit? The 
false wall in obsession?
Dm                                
You'll only fit through the 
  C
doorway when you relinquish your 
possessions
F                                 
So leave everything you've stolen 
Em
that you can't give back
Dm                                
And don't replace what you've been
         C
 missing until you know what you're 
lacking
F                                
Leave everything you've borrowed and
Em
 kept for yourself
Dm                                
You can't unbreak our broken 
                       C
leases holding on to broken pieces, 
so return them!