Burning Herself

A5 B5 C5 D5 E5 F5 Am (4x) Am She was crazy She was beautiful E7 I guess she had to be Am And I was angry You were blind E7 Because I could not see Dm Except for what a cigarette Am Had done to her skin Dm I should have known the outside Am E7 Would reveal what was within Am But she was burning herself Am And her hair was filled with ashes C/G She was burning herself C/G And her life became her flame Dm She was burning herself Dm And her flame became her passion F She was burning herself A5 B5 C5 D5 E5 F5 And her passion.... Am Her passion was her pain Am She was trusting You could have saved her too E7 All hope had passed for her Am And I was lusting And she gave to you E7 That's all I asked of her Dm The marks upon her body Am And the marks upon her mind Dm I knew I could have erased them Am E7 If I'd only taken the time Am But she was burning herself Am And her hair was filled with ashes C/G She was burning herself C/G And her life became her flame Dm She was burning herself Dm And her flame became her passion F She was burning herself A5 B5 C5 D5 E5 F5 And her passion.... Am Her passion was her pain Am I never saw her do it Am I only saw the scars Am I never could imagine Am What could make her go that far E7 I wondered was she driven E7 By a desperate need to feel Am To find out she was really livin' Am To discover that her life was real Dm Or was it that the pain Dm Slicin' through her like a knife E Was easier to take E7 Than the emptiest of life Dm Had a strange sense of drama Dm Caught her inside her role E7 Or was she trying to cauterize E7 The cankers on her soul Am I don't know I don't know A5 B5 C5 D5 E5 F5 I don't know Am Her passion was her pain