[Verse 1]
C#m F#m A Bm
"One step, you're just one step from perfection" she held out her hand
E C#m F#m D E
and so life spreads from fingertips and through my veins, a beast is born within a man
C#m F#m A Bm D
and it whispers of all I've ever hoped for and everything that is wrong
E C#m F#m D
slowly now all the words add up and somehow they crack and slip from my tongue
E Bm D F#m E
and as if singing a psalm I am down on my knees
Bm D F#m E
I am singing for love from the top of my lungs
Bm D F#m E
but the louder I cry the less I believe
D Bm E D
that this moment we're in will be more than just now
[Instrumental]
D F#m Bm
D F#m Bm E
[Verse 2]
C#m F#m A Bm D
silently I'm replacing what she lacks with the things that I love
E C#m F#m D E
and though I know I might be torn all around the edges behind her perfect shell's a rotting soul
D E F#m Bm E
so incomplete but wholer still if I am able to just let her go
Bm D F#m E
and if this is the end then at least it was worth it
Bm D F#m E
'cause I swear it was love or something just so
Bm D F#m E
and I know love will come to the one who deserves it
D Bm E D
I'll try closing my eyes and give it one minute more
[Instrumental]
D F#m E
D F#m E
D F#m E
D F#m E
[Verse 3]
D F#m E
but I'm not of your kind
D F#m E D
someone as stupid as me should be easy to find
F#m E G D F#m E
so I will treat you like statistics until it drains this love from me
[Instrumental]
Bm E Bm D F#m E
Bm D F#m E Bm
[Verse 4]
Bm D F#m E
this is no psalm, it can't take me deeper
Bm D A E
what's only just passed seems so long ago
B D F#m E
and the harder I try the less I believe you
D Bm E D
when you're standing here now asking for one minute more