Alesana (pronounced æl?s æn?/ Alice-Anna) is an american six piece post-hardcore band from Raleigh, North Carolina formed 2004. The band has released five full-length albums and one EP to date. The band gained a wide audience after their debut, On Frail Wings of Vanity and Wax was released, featuring a musical style shifting between light and heavy sounds along with a wide influence ranging to even classic rock bands such as The Beatles. Their band name is derived from street named Aliceanna St.
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Alesana The Last 3 Letters On The Frail Vanity And Wax 2006 Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: F
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used: Bb - x13331 C - x32010 Dm - xx0231 F - 133211
Intro: F
Sing: Bb dearest love C I hope this message Dm finds you well Bb as these endless thoughts CDm drip from my soul BbC every single word secretly Dm paints a fairytale Bb of when we will CDm melt into
Growl: (hold) one
Verse 1:
Growl: Dm eyes forfeit sight to the pain cold scalpel's steel CDm whispers tear at my very core as I cling to CDm memories of you I am so scared C so scared Dm I need you with me
Chorus:
Sing: Bb were the last words that I C wrote for you
Growl: Dm enough to tell you that in my death
Sing: the light that shone through BbC my painful darkness Dm was a blinding vision
Growl: of your eternal smile?
Verse 2:
Sing: BbC it's me again
Growl: Dm is it me or
am I wrong
Sing: BbC to be concerned? will the beauty Dm of your pen
Growl: ever cross my eyes again?
Silence: BbC was this all Dm a lie? why?
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge: Dm--Bb-C x4
Speak: make it stop make this pounding in my head stop fill my lungs with air give me one more day to make her dreams come true she understands right? that I'm not coming back she understands right? that I'm not coming back make it stop make the pounding stop I'm not coming back I'm not coming back I'm not coming back I don't know what happened who would have thought my life would end up like this? I didn't mean to hurt her not hurt her like this I can't feel my legs I can't feel my legs and I can't even cry how could somebody die like this?
Verse 3:
Sing:
DmBb if my words ever reach Dm Bb--- you I'll assume you don't care
Growl: Dm never knew that silence could cut so BbDm deep or that you could twist the blade Bb now I curse all of your beautiful lies I love you and goodbye
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
Growl: Dm cold scalpel's steel whispers tear at my very core CBbC as I cling to my memories of you