[Intro]
Em D C G Em D
Have you ever heard that love is a metaphor?
Em
A metaphor for the taste of the bottom
G Em
The fall to the floor (The fall to the floor)
C D
I fall to the floor
[Verse 1]
Em
I remember me and you
G
I remember what you did
C
I remember being numb
D
I remember feeling sick
Em G
For the taste of the bottom, the fall to the floor
C
Have you ever heard that love is a metaphor
For the way you failed me?
D
And now I'm failing you
(I want you to listen very, very carefully)
[Chorus]
C D
Like the serpent's tongue
D Em
Like the storm that shakes me
Em G C
Like the hand that beats me, until I'm black and blue
C D
Like the autumn chill
D Em
Like the love that failed me
G
Let the Earth remove me
G C D
Black and blue
D Em G C
Black and blue
[Verse 2]
Em G
Have you ever heard that death is a metaphor?
C
A metaphor for, "What if I'm not good enough?
D
What if I'm not strong enough?
Em G
What if I'm not kind enough for what happens next?
C
For what happens then?"
[Chorus]
C D
Like the serpent's tongue
D Em
Like the storm that shakes me
Em G C
Like the hand that beats me, until I'm black and blue
C D
Like the autumn chill
D Em
Like the love that failed me
G
Let the Earth remove me
G C D
Black and blue
D Em Em
(Black and blue)
[Chorus]
C D
(Like the serpent's tongue)
Like the serpent's tongue
D Em
(Like the storm that shakes me)
And the storm that shakes me
Em G
(The hand that beats me)
C
The hand that beats me black and blue
C D
(Like the autumn chill)
Like the autumn chill
D Em
(Like the love that failed me)
Lo-ove, lo-ove
G
Lo-o-ove
G Em D C
Black and blue