Intro -x2-: Bm Gb G D Em7
Verse:
-eliza-
Bm Gb
I saved every letter you wrote me
G D
From the moment I read them
Em7 Bm
I knew you were mine
Gb
You said you were mine
G D Em7
I thought you were mine
Bm Gb
Do you know what Angelica said
G D Em7
When we saw your first letter arrive?
She said
Bm Gb
“Be careful with that one, love
G D
He will do what it takes to survive.”
Pre-Chorus:
Em7 Bm Gb
You and your words flooded my senses
G D
Your sentences left me defenseless
Em7 Bm Gb
You built me palaces out of paragraphs
G D Em7
You built cathedrals
Bm Gb
I’m re-reading the letters you wrote me
G D
I’m searching and scanning for answers
Em7 Bm
In every line
Gb
For some kind of sign
G
And when you were mine
The world seemed to
Chorus:
D Bm Gbm Gbm Gb Gmaj7
Burn
D Bm Gbm Gbm Gb Gmaj7
Burn
Verse:
Bm Gb
You published the letters she wrote you
G D
You told the whole world how you brought
Em7 Bm
This girl into our bed
Gb G D Em7
In clearing your name, you have ruined our lives
Bm Gb G
Do you know what Angelica said
D Em7
When she read what you’d done?
Bm
She said
Gb
“You have married an Icarus
G D
He has flown too close to the sun.”
Pre-Chorus:
Em7 Bm Gb
You and your words, obsessed with your legacy...
G D
Your sentences border on senseless
Em7 Bm Gb
And you are paranoid in every paragraph
G
How they perceive you
You, you, you…
Bm Gb
I’m erasing myself from the narrative
G D Em7
Let future historians wonder how Eliza
Bm Gb
Reacted when you broke her heart
G
You have torn it all apart
I am watching it
Chorus:
D Bm Gbm Gbm Gb Gmaj7
Burn
D Bm Gbm Gbm Gb Gmaj7
Watching it burn
Bridge:
A D
The world has no right to my heart
D
The world has no place in our bed
Bm7 Gmaj7
They don’t get to know what I said
A D
I’m burning the memories
D Bm7
Burning the letters that might have redeemed you
Gmaj7 A D
You forfeit all rights to my heart
D
You forfeit the place in our bed
Bm7 Gmaj7
You'll sleep in your office instead
A D
With only the memories
D D D D G
Of when you were mine
Outro:
Bm Gb G D Em7 Bm9
I hope that you burn