Fade

Intro G G/F# G/E G/D [Verso 1] G G/F# G/E G/D I dissolve like ink in water G G/F# G/E G/D each day thinning, washing pale G G/F# G/E G/D the mirror turns a strangers face G G/F# G/E G/D eyes flicker, hazy, like C#dim C frost on a window C#dim C C#dim C fading in the slow decay of dusk [Verso 2] G G/F# G/E G/D I have folded myself small G G/F# G/E G/D tucked in corners no one sweeps G G/F# G/E G/D a ghost among fingerprints and dust G G/F# G/E G/D A phone dings somewhere in another C#dim C roomfor someone else C#dim C not for me, never me Interlude G G/F# G/E G/D G G/F# G/E G/D [Ponte] G G/F# G/E G/D What is the point of breath G G/F# G/E G/D this dragging in of air G G/F# G/E G/D slow leak of hours like C#dim C poison through veins? Im going insane, C#dim C unhooking piece by piecefingernails, C#dim C teeth, words I no longer need, C#dim C the clock is a liar tells me theres still time, C#dim C but I know better. C#dim C The night has crept inside of my bones C#dim C it's cold fingers clasp my wrists C#dim C and I wait, still as stone,for earth to open up C#dim Cmaj7 and swallow me whole. [Verso 3] G G/F# G/E G/D I have folded myself small, G G/F# G/E G/D tucked in corners no one sweeps G G/F# G/E G/D a ghost among fingerprints and dust G G/F# G/E G/D A phone dings somewhere in another C#dim C room, for someone else, not for C#dim C me