Thing Of Blood

Amaj7/E Eadd4/B Amaj7 E11/D Esus2 D6sus2 D5 E5 Amaj7/E E11/D Amaj7 E11/D Amaj7 E11/D I’m making space in my lungs and it’s filling up with salt. Amaj7 E11/D I blame whoever I want, and it’s never who’s at fault Eadd4/B E11/D I'm finding ways to write my story so it sounds like it's true Amaj7 E11/D And I don’t wanna fall asleep, but I do Eadd4/B Amaj7 E11/D And if Moshe could see the way my friends gather round, Eadd4/B Amaj7 he’d say “you’re doing great, kid” E11/D “just don’t push them away, now” Amaj7/E E11/D My screen is filled with faces shining like the light of the dawn Amaj7 E11/D and my arms are filled with the love that I thought would never come Eadd4/B E11/D I've never really felt that I was a person before Amaj7 E11/D But now there's someone's clothes laid out on my bedroom floor Eadd4/B Amaj7 E11/D And when I see Miriam again I'll tell her all that I've found Eadd4/B How I'm learning to see the world Amaj7 E11/D With wells of good in the shifting sands Eadd4/B Amaj7 E11/D And I know my family sees how I’m smiling again Eadd4/B As I join the web of humanity Amaj7 E11/D New hope filling my veins Bm D6sus2 And if the fluid flows out of my spine D From the joints in my fingers, D Bm Don’t tell them that I never tried D6sus2 If the ice breaks under my feet D and I plunge into the deep, D5 E5 I’ll tell them I saved myself Bm D6sus2 Well I’ll be here in the backyard D Praying for sunlight D5 E5 Starving to death Bm D6sus2 Well I’ll be there at the last light, D D5 E5 tracing the patterns that I've held in my head D D I’ll be there, I’ll be right there D Amaj7 I’ll be there, just there Eadd4/B Amaj7 E11/D And if I had seen what my life would be like, Eadd4/B Amaj7 I’d have earned my secret name E11/D filled with Sarah’s disbelief Eadd4/B Amaj7 E11/D And if the thing of blood in my chest gets too large, Eadd4/B Amaj7 I’ll tear open my Saturdays E11/D Amaj7/E there’ll be space for everyone