Suggested chord shapes!
For easier chords, transpose -2 and use a capo on the 2nd fret
and/or use UG's "Simplify" setting

     
e|-2---3-----2
B|-3---3-----2
G|-2---4-----2
D|-4---4-----0

 
-----0-|
-----2-|
-----2-|
-----2-|
|-2---5-----X-----0-|
|-X---3-----X-----X-|



[Verse 1]

 Drowning in t

he Blue Nile
              
 He sent me "D

        
owntown Lights

"
              
 I hadn't hear

          
d it in a whil

e

 My boredom was bone deep
              
 This cage was

            
 once just fin


e

 Am I allowed to cry?
 
 I dream of cr

acking locks
              
 Throwing my l

           
ife to the wol


ves
              
 Or the ocean 

              
rocks crashing

            
 into him toni


ght

 He's a paradox, I'm seeing visions,
      
 Am I bad or m

ad or wise?



[Chorus]
              
 What if he's 

         
written "mine"

             
 on my upper t

high
            
 Only in my mi


nd?
              
 One slip and 

        
falling back i

nto the hedge 

maze
             
 Oh, what a wa

      
y to die
              
 I keep recall

              
ing things we 

      
never did
              
 Messy top lip

 
 kiss, how I l

ong for our tr

ysts
              
 Without ever 


touching his s

kin
          
 How can I be 

.         
guilty as sin


[Verse 2]
              
 I keep these 

         
longings locke

d
              
 In lowercase 

         
inside a vault
              
 Someone told 

              
me there's no 

              
such things as

     
 bad thoughts

 Only your actions talk
 
 These fatal f

antasies
              
 Giving way to

          
 labored breat


h, taking all 

of me
              
 We've already

              
 done it in my

 
 head
              
 If it's make 

              
believe, why d

              
oes it feel li

     
ke a vow we'll

 both uphold s

omehow?


[Chorus]
              
 What if he's 

         
written "mine"

             
 on my upper t

high
            
 Only in my mi


nd?
              
 One slip and 

        
falling back i

nto the hedge 

maze
             
 Oh, what a wa

      
y to die
              
 My bedsheets 

              
are ablaze, I'

              
ve screamed hi

  
s name
              
 Building up l

    
ike waves cras

hing over my g

rave
              
 Without ever 


touching his s

kin
          
 How can I be 

          
guilty as sin


[Bridge]
             
 What if I rol

              
l the stone aw

   
ay?
              
 They're gonna

              
 crucify me an

     
yway
              
 What if the w

       
ay you hold me
              
 Is actually w

       
hat's holy?
              
 If long-suffe

         
ring propiety 

              
is what they w

 
ant from me
            
 They don't kn

           
ow how you've 

              
haunted me so 


stunningly
          
 I choose you 

            
and me, religi

      
ously


[Chorus]
N.C.
 What if he's written "mine" on my upper thigh
            
 Only in my mi


nd?
              
 One slip and 

        
falling back i

nto the hedge 

maze
             
 Oh, what a wa

      
y to die
              
 I keep recall

              
ing things we 

      
never did
              
 Messy top lip

 
 kiss, how I l

ong for our tr

ysts
              
 Without ever 


touching his s

kin
          
 How can I be 

.         
guilty as sin


[Outro]
             
 He sent me Do

       
wntown Lights
              
 I hadn't hear

          
d it in a whil

  
e

 Am I allowed 

to cry?