[Intro]
Bm C Em G D Bm Em x4
[Verse]
Bm C
Why, Poseidon
Em G D
I suppose you are the closest thing I happen to have
Bm Em
To a beginning
Bm C
Why, Poseidon
Em G D
I suppose there was no way to know what had to happen
Bm Em
When you released my father
[Chorus]
Bm
In the form of a bull
C
From the foam of the sea
Em
In the form of a bull
G
From the foam of the sea
D
In the form of a slick white bull
Bm Em
From the slick white foam of the sea
[Verse]
Bm C
Why, Poseidon
Em G D
I suppose you never chose for me to live this way
Bm Em
So I forgive you as I would have forgiven you anyway
[Instrumental]
Bm C Em G D Bm Em
[Chorus]
Bm C
But I have so many questions!
Em G
Was his colour inspired by mother of pearl?
D
Did you fashion his hide from pieces of coral?
Bm Em Bm
Did the horns come from skeletons of men that you swallowed in storms?
[Post Chorus]
Bm C Em
G D Bm
Or did you just summon up the very first animal that swam into your skull?
Em Bm
Oh, why, Poseidon? Why a white bull? Oh why???
Bm C Em G D Bm Em
[Pre-Bridge Verse]
Bm C
And why would you make him so lovely
Em G
Then wonder why the sacrificer couldn't draw back the blade
D Bm
Did you want him to break that promise he made
Em
So he would burn, burn in his bathhouse grave
[Instrumental]
Bm C Em G D Bm Em
[Bridge]
Bm C
This is what I have:
Em G D
Black mud. Grey stone. Walls. Halls. Corners. Bones
Bm
This is what you have:
Em
The entire colourful open sea
Bm
This is what I do:
C
Sit. Wait. Murder. Eat.
Em
This is what you do:
G
You don't let things be
D
You don't let questions just hang in the spray
Bm Em
You make angels
And they make monsters
[Instrumental]
Bm C Em G D Bm Em
[Chorus]
Bm C
Was his colour inspired by mother of pearl?
(In the form of a bull, from the foam of the sea)
Em G
Did you fashion his hide from pieces of coral?
(In the form of a bull, from the foam of the sea)
D Bm Em
Did the horns come from skeletons of men that you swallowed in storms?
(In the form of a slick white bull, from the slick white foam of the sea)
[Verse]
Bm C
Why, Poseidon?
Em G
Why, Poseidon?
D Bm Em
I suppose there was no way to know what had to happen
[Outro]
Bm C Em G D Bm Em