[Verse 1]
Em E Am
For so long have my teeth held my tongue from a venomous voice
Em E Am
But the poison has passed from my lips to my hands, an incendiary ploy
Em E Am
(Hell will open up it's flue) I bare my soul through the flames before me
Em E Am G D
(And you will witness what the fire can undo)
[Chorus]
C C D
Far from the ash I will be born again
G C G G
Where every debt is repaid
D Em D
Nothing left to keep me out of paradise
C
As portraits of the past fade away
[Bridge]
C E
The id dots the eyes of antiquity
F E
While the ego, of late, has held sway
Am E Dm Em E Am
Too foolish to stray past the line too weary to stay, too weary to stay
[Verse 2]
Em E Am
Far too long have I waited to witness the balances bend
Em E
In the favor of wrongs being remedied
Am G D
Wickedness coming to an end
[Chorus]
C C D
Far from the ash I will be born again
G C G G
Where every debt is repaid
D Em D
Nothing left to keep me out of paradise
C
As portraits of the past fade away
C C D
Far beyond the act I will be whole again
G C G G
A phoenix out of the flame
D Em D
I'm burying that menace in my memory
C
A funeral held in my name
[Verse 3]
C E
The ritual pyre's sending smoke to the sky
F E
As the building continues to burn
Am E
The wrath in the ruin, the pain in the grave
Dm E
As the lies are retired to the urn
[Bridge]
C E
But we can't keep the embers from catching
F E
The truth from destroying us all
Am E
Do I die as the martyr or miscreant?
Dm E
I'll make the call, I'll make the call
[Chorus]
C C D
Far from the ash I will be born again
G C G G
Where every debt is repaid
D Em D
Nothing left to keep me out of paradise
C
As portraits of the past fade away
C C D
Far beyond the act I will be whole again
G C G G
A phoenix out of the flame
D Em D
I'm burying that menace in my memory
C
A funeral held in my name
Em
held in my name