Chords used:
 -   x24442
 -   022100
 - x24442


[Intro]
    x2


[Verse 1]
             
  You were swa

              
llowing god da

      
mning dogmas
              
rough palmistr

       
y your hands c

ould not align
             
  unsexed you 

              
borrowed callo

   
w spit not los

t
           
no looking for

              
 a space just 

        
not mine


[Chorus 1]
             
  Redolent wit

         
h skin of unkn

own
             
  unwary hands

    
 nomadic ghost
             
  levied words

             
 from my spite


ful throat
             
  understandin

          
g where my tho

ughts go
             
you’d build a 

             
boat out of my

 
 bones


[Verse 2]
             
  I thought I’

              
d reclaim you 

        
for the ocean
              
but I could no

  
t cradle you w

ith dirty hand

s
             
  no star deat

              
h casketed in 


palms like the

se
           
white knuckles

              
 cracking play

             
ing simple mat

   
hs


[Chorus 2]

  We were sque

aling
           
  dogs with ba


d dreams
             
   eyes that s

            
mile gaze so d

#
imly
            
   isolated nu

       
rsing skinned 

knees
             
i’m weaker tha

             
n i thought I'

  
d be