[Intro]
Am E F C Dm (x2)
[Eliza]
Am E
I saved every letter you wrote me
F C
From the moment I read them
Dm Am
I knew you were mine
E
You said you were mine
F C Dm
I thought you were mine
Am E
Do you know what Angelica said
F C Dm
When we saw your first letter arrive?
She said
Am E
“Be careful with that one, love
F C
He will do what it takes to survive.”
Dm Am E
You and your words flooded my senses
F C
Your sentences left me defenseless
Dm Am E
You built me palaces out of paragraphs
F C Dm
You built cathedrals
Am E
I’m re-reading the letters you wrote me
F C
I’m searching and scanning for answers
Dm Am
In every line
E
For some kind of sign
F
And when you were mine
The world seemed to
C Am Em F
Burn
C Am Em F
Burn
Am E
You published the letters she wrote you
F C
You told the whole world how you brought
Dm Am
This girl into our bed
E F C Dm
In clearing your name, you have ruined our lives
Am E F
Do you know what Angelica said
C Dm
When she read what you’d done?
Am
She said
E
“You have married an Icarus
F C
He has flown too close to the sun.”
Dm Am E
You and your words, obsessed with your legacy...
F C
Your sentences border on senseless
Dm Am E
And you are paranoid in every paragraph
F
How they perceive you
You, you, you…
Am E
I’m erasing myself from the narrative
F C Dm
Let future historians wonder how Eliza
Am E
Reacted when you broke her heart
F
You have torn it all apart
I am watching it
C Am Em F
Burn
C Am Em F
Watching it burn
G C
The world has no right to my heart
Em
The world has no place in our bed
Am F
They don’t get to know what I said
G C
I’m burning the memories
Em Am
Burning the letters that might have redeemed you
F G C
You forfeit all rights to my heart
Em
You forfeit the place in our bed
Am F
You sleep in your office instead
G C
With only the memories
Em Am F
Of when you were mine
Am E F C Dm Am
I hope that you burn