E          B
So slowly I'm losing
    G#m       E
who I've sworn to be.
    E          B
a promise in pencil
    G#m                  E
that years have made so hard to read.
    E                     B
I've spent my life building walls
    G#m                  E
brick by brick and bruise by bruise...
    E          B          G#m       F#
a birdcage religion that whispered me to sleep.


Instrumental:
E  B  E  B  E  B  E  B  F#


    E          B
but time is spinning silk
    G#m       E
that coils ruthlessly;
    E          B
with the devil's patience,
    G#m       E
it binds my hands so quietly
    F#                 E     F#
that soon it becomes a part of me.


Instrumental:
E  B  E  B  E  B  E  B  F#  x2


    E          B             G#m           E
so soften these edges and straighten out my tie.
    E          B
and help me remember
    G#m                   E
the hope that I have compromised.


    F#                E       F#
please be a broken record for me.