F# -  244322
G#m - 466444
E -   022100


Verse 1:
E
  misleading utterings
B            F#
shadow boxer right
hook mood swings
E
  my endurance test
B               F#
  i coughed and bled
              G#m
and caught my breath
            E
tender in a burning
     G#m
sense   the way
we spoke when
E       F#
we were silent


Verse 2:
E
  repressed in living
      B
scenes black and
           F#
white like old tv
       E
screens front porch
            B
confessional bottled
         F#
feelings finally
         E
smashed against
        E
the wall


Interlude: B-G#m-F#-#- x2


Chorus 1:
E
this is the virus
sitting in silence
armed with
expression with
B           F#
vague misconceptions
E
  came to me in a
         B
bleeding dream
on filtered
           E
avenues of light
blue serenity
B 
  turned red angrily 


Chorus 2:
G#m
   thought provoking
     E       F#
in a distant tense
G#m
   a perfect paragraph
E           F#
  of broken narrative
E
  these dusty floors
B
  don't seem to
F#            E
come clean anymore

i'm watered down
B      F#
  evaporated from
    E
the ground connections
G#m  E   B    F#
faltering dehydrated
         E
when the phone rings