Nunemakers Parable

Em 4x G 2x B7 2x Em 4x G 2x A 2x Em G B7 There was a wanderer who found his way to God Em G A Or maybe it was Lucifer under some false facade Em Broken down and tattered G B7 Compound fractures in his sleeves Em Shoe soles nailed together G A But he never seemed to bleed Em G With one desperate push B7 Em His poor diaphragm forced out a plea Em 4x G 2x B7 2x Em 4x G 2x A 2x A Em G B7 He said: One home burned down, one fell apart Em G B7 One met a flood, and one was nothing from the start Em G B7 Weapons build against me, well they all seem to fail Em But weapons built against my home G Am They always will prevail Em G B7 Em So leave me my liver and leave me my skin Em G B7 Am Leave me the way all those other homes did Em G B7 Em But leave me a soul, only by definition Em G CM7 I don't want to feel anything Em D G C My neurons are snapping like cat gut strings Em D G7 C A symphony of agony Em D I don't wanna hear and I don't wanna sing G C I don't wanna breathe incompletely Em D I am mourning G C I am morning Em So break me anew Em D G B7 Em Em 4x G 2x B7 2x Em 4x G 2x A 2x Asus4 Em Well, I'll find every sick f**k I can G B7 And I'll make them a deal Em With no conscience, I'll make money and G Am I'll lie and cheat and steal Em And that money won't bring happiness G B7 But let me ask what does Em 'Cause I've found a place, and those sick fucks G Am Well, they turned it to dust Em G And if I can't have justice B Em I might as well join the unjust Em 4x G 2x B7 2x Em 4x G 2x A 2x Em7 The floorboards smelled like lemonade G B7 Prepared for our arrival Em The air was clean and crisp G7 Am Just like a tonic for survival Em Well, I wrote my name in charcoal G B7 On the bathhouse where we cried Em7 So now I'm broken fundamentally G Am7 And nobody gets why Em G B7 Em So give me what drugs you got, give me your meds Em G B7 Em Give me a cocktail to sedate my head G B7 Em Abandon all hope of my moral salvation G Am B7 They already took that from me Em D G C The sky was an angel of morning's heat Em D G C With languid, shiny curls of aquamarine Em D And when I close my eyes and when I dare to dream G C When I think I might shatter completely Em D I can feel them in my hands C But I can't go back again Em D G C My neurons are snapping like cat gut strings Em D G C A symphony of agony Em D I don't wanna hear and I don't wanna sing G C I don't wanna breathe incompletely Em D I am mourning G C I am morning Em So break me anew Em D G B7 Em Em 4x G 2x B7 2x Em 4x G 2x A 2x Em G B Turns out that the god he found was just a little girl Em Sitting on a swingset G A Just a little girl Em She said "Mister, you look tired G B I will let you go, but first Em I think that what you're asking for G Bm Em It just might make things worse"