The Painter And The Chemist

C# F#7 A#m G#/C C# F#7 A#m G#/C Are you alone in these northern states C# F#7 A#m G#/C Lost in chemicals and your grave fate C# F#7 A#m G#/C Like stars they got lost in the cities shine C# F#7 A#m G#/C Remember how you sewed yourself back with bailing twine C# F#7 A#m G#/C C# F#7 A#m G#/C And in this house you found C# F#7 A#m G#/C All my painting that you could not read C# F#7 A#m G#/C Those chemicals won't let you see C# F#7 A#m G#/C All that I am and will not be C# F# A#m G# But when there's nothing left in your star lit sky C# F# A#m G# All lost in the summer heat of this empty July C# F# A#m G# And let the catalyst of your aging shine C# F# A#m G# C# Because it's the painter and the chemist who see the beauty in the absence of light C# F# A#m G# C# F#7 A#m G#/C Now on the bow you stand C# F#7 A#m G#/C All left with nothing to show but your empty hands C# F#7 A#m G#/C Now call out C# F#7 A#m G#/C To those ghosts they'll never show you land C# F# A#m G# But when there's nothing left in your star lit sky C# F# A#m G# All lost in the summer heat of this empty July C# F# A#m G# And let the catalyst of your aging shine C# F# A#m G# C# Because it's the painter and the chemist who see the beauty in the absence of light C# F# A#m G# (repeat until fade)