Vex Cifras

Bm
hush
         Bb  Dm
ancient purr
         Bm   G        Bb Bm
i swore off obsidian thoughts
           Bb  D    Bm        G Bb
and lay awake on broken glass
 
Bm          Bb
i bled out more than once
 Dm        G        Bb   Bm
i drew the poison out
 
      Bm       Bb   D   Bm      G
the scavenger feeds in hum of low sea
Bb Bm       Bb
cast-off exuviae
   Gm Bm      Bb
in fragility
 
Bm              Bb  Dm             Bm
i kept my head down and bit my tongue
         G     Bb    Bm
until i tasted love
 D               Bb D       D         Bb     Gm
rare form at the casement, for which i burn
Bm    D Bb  D
(rare form)
Bm      D
perfect psychosis
G      Bb
(for which i burn)
Bm
noiselessly whirrs
(the perfect psychosis)
Bm                 D
then hear the reflections
G             Bb
(hear the reflections)
Bm               D
the words they demean
G            Bb
(then come destroyer
Bm          D
then come destroyer)
G                 Bb
then come the destroyer
        Bm          D
(we’ll fight with claws and teeth)
            G               Bb
then we’ll fight with our claws & teeth
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