Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh
Bright Eyes
[Intro]
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[Verse]
F#m D A Bm
The phone slips from a loose grip
F#m D A Bm
Words were missed, then some apology
F#m D
I didn't want to tell you this
A Bm F#m
No, it's just some guy she's been hanging out with
D A Bm
I don't know, the past couple of weeks, I guess
F#m D
Thank you and hang up the phone
A Bm
Let the funeral start, hear the casket close
F#m D A Bm
Let's pin split-black ribbon to your overcoat
F#m D A
The laughter pours from under doors in this house
Bm F#m
I don't understand that sound no more
D A G
Seems artificial, like a T.V. set
[Chorus]
Bm
Haligh, Haligh, a lie, Haligh
A
This weight, it must be satisfied
G
You offer only one reply
A
You know not what you do
Bm
As you tear and tear your hair from roots
A
Of that same head you've twice removed
G
Now a lock of hair you said would prove
A
Our love would never die
Bm
Well, ha ha ha
[Verse 2]
F#m D
I remember everything
A Bm F#m
The words we spoke on freezing South Street
D
All those mornings watching you
A Bm
Get ready for school
F#m D
You combed your hair inside that mirror
A
The one you painted blue
Bm F#m
And glued with jewelry tears
D
Something about those bright colors
A Bm
Would always make you feel better
F#m D
But now we speak with ruined tongues
A Bm F#m
And the words we say aren't meant for anyone
D
It's just a mumbled sentence to
A Bm
A passing acquaintance
But there was once you
F#m D A
You said you hate my suffering, and you understood
Bm F#m
And you'd take care of me
D
You'd always be there
A G
Well, where are you now?
[Chorus]
Bm
Haligh, Haligh, a lie, Haligh
A
The plans were never finalized
G
But left to hang like yarn and twine
A
Dangling before my eyes
Bm
As you tear and tear your hair from roots
A
From that same head that you have twice removed
G
Now, a lock of hair you said would prove
A
Our love would never die
Bm
And I sing and sing of awful things
A
The pleasure that my sadness brings
G
As my fingers press onto the strings
A
Yet another clumsy chord
[Chorus]
Bm
Haligh, Haligh, an awful lie
A
This weight would now be satisfied
G
I'm gonna give you only one reply
A
I know not who I am
F#m G
But I talk in the mirror
A D
To the stranger that appears
Bm
Our conversations are circles
G A
Always one sided, nothing is clear
F#m G
Except we keep coming back
A D
To this meaning that I lack
Bm
He says the choices were given
G
And now, you must live them
A
Or just not live
Bm
But do you want that?