[Intro]
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[Verse]
Am
I sometimes wonder
If you were breathing underwater
F Dm
Or if you simply came to exist the instant your twin hooks broke the air
Am
Like the claw of crab
Coming out of the water
F Dm
The constellation of Cancer gone crazy, crazy, crazy
Am F Dm
[Chorus]
Am
Next comes your massive skull
Wide and white and rippled like a seabed
F Dm
Little hills rolling down to black oblivious eyes
Am
An empty turtle shell on the sand beside an empty turtle shell on the sand
F
Hiding nothing, knowing nothing
Dm Am
Not understanding that there's anything to understand
Am F Dm
[Verse]
Am
They say that he sent you
But what does that mean?
F Dm
Did he point to the door with his pitchfork while you slept like a dog at his feet?
Am
Did you walk for days upon the Mediterranean floor
F
Your hooves kicking up sand in slow explosions
Dm
And getting shipwrecks caught in your horns?
Am
Or did you bubble up from the brine
Piling up like wet clay
F
Taking form like a tumour
Dm
Taking your first breath then taking notice of the day?
[Chorus]
Am
Next comes your massive skull
Wide and white and rippled like a seabed
F Dm
Little hills rolling down to black oblivious eyes
Am
An empty turtle shell on the sand beside an empty turtle shell on the sand
F
Hiding nothing, knowing nothing
Dm Am
Not understanding that there's anything to understand
Am F Dm
[Bridge]
Dm C
Why couldn't you bow down
Bb
Your coral coloured head
And turn back to the sea
Dm C
Why couldn't you bow down
Bb
Your coral coloured head
And turn back to the sea
Dm
But you just put one hoof in front of the other
C Bb
And humped up the beach to the front of the palace
Am
Where they waited for an answer to their dances
F
So l guess you are my father
Dm
And I guess that she's my mother
Am
So l guess I am a prince
And I guess I am a bastard
F
So l guess I am an outcast
Dm
And I guess I am a monster
Am
And I guess I am a god
Since a god was your maker
F
And I guess that I forgive you
Dm
Since at heart you're just a creature
[Chorus]
Am
And your massive skull
Wide and white and rippled like a seabed
F Dm
Little hills rolling down to black oblivious eyes
Am
An empty turtle shell on the sand beside an empty turtle shell on the sand
F
Hiding nothing, knowing nothing
Dm Am
Not understanding that there's anything to understand
Am F Dm
Am
An empty turtle shell on the sand beside an empty turtle shell on the sand
F
Hiding nothing, knowing nothing
Dm Am
Not understanding that there's anything to understand