August 6th Chords & Lyrics - Mewithoutyou
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[VERSE]
[Bm]Aug. 6th, carved in desks with old[D] knives:
"Back when our common cause was[A] alive
And--let’s say--the hyacinth fields were i[Bm]n bloom
Children watched as the soldiers marched[D] by
All the birds fell like frogs from the[A] sky
Prostrate in the streets every crescent[Bm] moon
Lonesome offspring of which still r[D]esound
With the victimless sins of their authors passe[A]d down
And the remnants of loathsome, disjointed wor[Bm]lds
Along the short path round the lily pad p[D]ond
With off-white deerskin wedding dress[A] on
German songs, homemade bonnets like old-order[Bm] , amish girls jilted by squirrels
In the parks of Sioux F[D]alls haunted by church bells
Like ghosts of [A]applause and the earth deep down tire-stacked walls like
New [Bm]Mexico, peaceful as moth-bitten pincushion [D]dolls making up myths about wounds without[A] cause...”
And sometimes when it’s quiet my heart feels lik[Bm]e Guernica
[scenes from old air raid] on screens in blue [D]dusk
Perfumed neighborhoods/graveyards the breath feels like[A] flies in my lungs, voice like ambulance
Sirens whose[Bm] light floods the ground
("praying mantis spreads arms” said the[D] lines of whose palm?)
Skyline shifting like clouds became[A] "airplane descends”
[fade to scenes on the ground] human[Bm] foreheads all smashed
Foreign cars upside down, insect[D] mouths open wide
I stared down a huge insect, bright[A] red-glowing eyes
[does it feel wrong to say a thought "me[Bm]tastasized”?] , legs on both highway sides
[BREAK]
[F#m] [A] [G]
(Said insect was mechanized!)
[F#m] [A] [G] [Em]
[F#m] [A] [G]
(Said insect was mechanized!)
[Bm]Aug. 6th, carved in desks with old[D] knives:
"Back when our common cause was[A] alive
And--let’s say--the hyacinth fields were i[Bm]n bloom
Children watched as the soldiers marched[D] by
All the birds fell like frogs from the[A] sky
Prostrate in the streets every crescent[Bm] moon
Lonesome offspring of which still r[D]esound
With the victimless sins of their authors passe[A]d down
And the remnants of loathsome, disjointed wor[Bm]lds
Along the short path round the lily pad p[D]ond
With off-white deerskin wedding dress[A] on
German songs, homemade bonnets like old-order[Bm] , amish girls jilted by squirrels
In the parks of Sioux F[D]alls haunted by church bells
Like ghosts of [A]applause and the earth deep down tire-stacked walls like
New [Bm]Mexico, peaceful as moth-bitten pincushion [D]dolls making up myths about wounds without[A] cause...”
And sometimes when it’s quiet my heart feels lik[Bm]e Guernica
[scenes from old air raid] on screens in blue [D]dusk
Perfumed neighborhoods/graveyards the breath feels like[A] flies in my lungs, voice like ambulance
Sirens whose[Bm] light floods the ground
("praying mantis spreads arms” said the[D] lines of whose palm?)
Skyline shifting like clouds became[A] "airplane descends”
[fade to scenes on the ground] human[Bm] foreheads all smashed
Foreign cars upside down, insect[D] mouths open wide
I stared down a huge insect, bright[A] red-glowing eyes
[does it feel wrong to say a thought "me[Bm]tastasized”?] , legs on both highway sides
[BREAK]
[F#m] [A] [G]
(Said insect was mechanized!)
[F#m] [A] [G] [Em]
[F#m] [A] [G]
(Said insect was mechanized!)
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