Tuning Eb

G Em | G Em | G Em | G

Open eyed oversight led me to here.
Looking for an avenue to simply appear.
One too many steps into the wrong direction leading me to throw up my hands.

[Pre Chorus]
Soon I’ll know exactly where I stand.
Found in a flood of incendiary plans.
Oh, I’ve been falling fast into the rhythms without rhymes.
I won’t be giving up again.
Yeah, I’ll be getting up again.

I heard a voice it said ‘e dolor e magna gloria’.
Bring me your heart and then you will awake in a state of surprising euphoria.
But don’t tell anyone.

I wasn’t wrong to fend their ambiguity.
Then I learned to turn emotions into weaponry.
One too many word said with the wrong inflection leading me to throw up my hands.

[Pre Chorus]
Am I giving up the ghost again.
Surrendering so that my evils will amend.
Oh, I’ve been falling fast into the space between the lines.
But I’ll be getting up again.
I won’t be giving up again.

I heard a voice it said ‘e dolor e magna gloria’.
Bring me your heart and then you will awake in a state of surprising euphoria.
But don’t tell anyone what you saw here.

Em Em/B x6

Now I never heard that sound before.

[Em/B] [Em/B] [Em/B] [Em/B]
I am noth[Em/B]ing but an infant [Em/B]wave stuck in a savage ocean.

[Casey Shredding]
[Em/B] [Em/B] [Em/B] [Em/B]
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[Pre Chorus]
Soon I’ll know exactly where I stand.
Found in a flood of incendiary plans.
Oh, I’ve been falling fast into the space between the lines.
But I’ll be getting up again.
I won’t be giving up again.

I heard a voice it said ‘e dolor e magna gloria’.
Bring me your heart and then you will awake in a state of surprising euphoria.
Don’t fear the words that I say.
I heard a voice it said ‘e dolor e magna gloria.’.
Bring me your heart and then you will awake in a state of surprising euphoria.
But don’t tell anyone what you saw here.

[Verse 1]
Silence slights spirits of those gone into the night
But what was the cost?
Do I justify the loss
When a loss of control would be digging myself a hole?
It couldn’t be worth it

I’m a killer
I’m a killer
I’m a killer
But I’ve been killing myself all along
Had I done my best to protect innocence
Or did I lead the wolf to the fawn?

[Instrumental]

[Verse 2]
Watch your words
Keep them from bothering the herd
Provoking the stones
That they all can throw
No, I won’t carry on
Living this life that I stole
It just isn’t worth it

[Chorus 2]
I’m a killer
I’m a killer
I’m a killer
But I’ve been killing myself all along
Divining the right from the wrong
Had I done my best to protect innocence
Or was something more wicked in store?

[Verse 3]
Is there villainy inside of me?
In search of worth
Have I burned the earth?
There’s no passion in being passive
And no inaction could bring an answer
So for you, I am a killer

[The Pimp And The Priest reprise]

[Verse 1]

Son, your father’s not all good.
Still, I love you more than I thought I could.
And when the menace in my mind
Finds me, I simply look to your eyes.

And boy, someday I hope I do
See the man you will grow into.
And when you heart’s in disarray,
Know that your father, too, has made mistakes.

Aaaaaaaaaaaah Aaaaaaaaaah (Oooooooh)
Aaaaaaaaaaaah Aaaaaaaaaah (Oooooooh)

[Verse 2]

Son, your father’s lost his head.
Still, I mean every word that I’ve said.
Though the truth can truly cut
Here in this confessional with my blood.

And boy, someday I hope I do
See the man you will grow into,
And when you heart’s in disarray,
Know that your father too has made …. mistakes.

I’ve been cruel to the ones who have stayed by my side,
And [D/A#]foolish enough to believe in my pride,
But vanity never could keep me from caring for you.
I’ve strayed too far away from the trees and the lake;
The [D/A#]innocent road that I chose not to take.
But still I can bring you to bathe in the river
To wash out the world long before your heart’s withered away.

Aaaaaaaaaaaah Aaaaaaaaaah (Oooooooh)
Aaaaaaaaaaaah Aaaaaaaaaah (Oooooooh)

And boy, someday I hope I do
See the man you will grow into,
And when you heart’s in disarray,
Know that your father too has made …….. he’s made mistakes.

Just look at that shopkeeper peddling his wares
Shouting his sales pitch, but nobody cares
Don’t you wonder what keeps him there, day after day,
Begging for gold as his hair turns to gray?

[Interlude]


Blindly they’re bounding apace;
Starving for mercy in a merciless place
Only a fool would make martyrs from heathens
And find them so lively when they’re barely breathing
Just barely breathing?

[Interlude]

Just look at that toymaker grinding his gears
Turning no profit but he doesn’t care
He keeps smiles on faces and, day after day,
The children keep sadness and suffering at bay

[Interlude]

Blissfully bounding apace
Searching for mercy in a merciless place
Only a monster makes fodder from saints
And finds them so worthless when they’re full of grace
So full of grace?

But what better use of hookers and thieves
Than greasing the wheels of perfect machines that hum into life a harmony of industry
But what is the use of cutting them down;
To smother and choke the souls of our town?
I know there is another way?

But, what is so wrong with giving them purpose?
(Just how could you weed them out?)
(Degrading them without a doubt)
A man like yourself could give worth to the worthless
(You’re bleeding them dry)
(They live and die like you and I?)
Without the guidance of rulers and tyrants
(? and under your guidance; the hands of a tyrant)
These people will just tear themselves apart
(They’ll just tear themselves apart)

Just look at that charlatan steeped in deceit
A threat to the young; to the old and the meek
Don’t you wonder what made him so vicious; so sick
So far out of balance;
So cruel and so callous;
So married to malice?

(Verse)
Cold had I calloused
Walls were raised to bear the weight
I’d not take
Too slow were my senses
Muted musings lost their way
Disconnected
Only silence remained
Holding my breath in the dark
Gasping for air
With the lungs of a lark

So warm was the welcome
Humble in its embrace
Tell me just how did you save me?
Pull me up from the grave
Though my youth did mislead
I would retreat to you
Right back to your arms
With my spirit aglow
Where the pains of the past
Exit and mask through you
Too lost when we part
With the lungs of a lark

(Bridge)
I (far removed from myself)
Had denied what I lost
When my heart had withdrawn to the fray (In a whimsical way)
I would flee from the truth
I could bury in youth
You (you would have me)
You would have me if I’ve fallen again
Would you bring me back out of the dark?
With my lungs of a lark

(Outro)
Cold. Have I calloused
But these walls are coming down