[Intro]
   x2

[Verse 1]

           
I left your he

art of glass i

n my unmade be

d
            
In the right t

              
ime, you could

            
 shine so brig

              
ht in my doubt

             
ful eyes, and
           
I--- imprint a

              
ll your ideas 

       
on mine
          
I--- move awkw

ardly at the s

peed of light

[Pre-Chorus]
             
Maybe it's eas

           
ier to be afra

id

Drenched in tr

agedy, man-mad

e, and my
             
Compass is an 

  
antique

But if I'm not

 back soon
              
Don't come loo

           
king for me

[Chorus]
             
You can take i

             
t pretty far o

              
n a prayer tha

            
t's pale and s

         
ynthetic
            
Bending my cro

              
wbar with tens

            
ion that's tel

ekinetic
         
A paradox poet

ic
          
You get choked

 up
            
Reading the cl

       
assics
             
Your pride'll 

              
take a glutton

     
ous bite
              
A stupid quest

         
ion, I'd rathe

r not ask it

[Interlude]
   x2

[Verse 2]

           
I take a sip o

              
f something I 

              
can barely tas

  
te
             
Dull as dusk, 

            
with a skull a

              
nd crossbones 

              
to bring us lu

        
ck, and
           
I---, I know t

              
hat you can't 

             
read my mind
      
I--- swear I s

aid the same t

hing a hundred

 times

[Pre-Chorus]
             
Maybe it's har

              
der than it sh

     
ould be

Variations on 

a theme, I cou

ld
             
Wear it right 

       
on my sleeve
         
When an antago

nist emerges
              
Don't blame me

  
---

[Chorus]
             
You can take i

             
t pretty far o

              
n a prayer tha

            
t's pale and s

         
ynthetic
            
Bending my cro

              
wbar with tens

            
ion that's tel

ekinetic
         
A paradox poet

ic
          
You get choked

 up
            
Reading the cl

       
assics
             
Your pride'll 

              
take a glutton

     
ous bite
              
A stupid quest

         
ion, I'd rathe

r not ask it
    
             
  A stupid que

           
stion, I'd rat

her not ask it

[Outro]
    
             
  A stupid que

           
stion, I'd rat

her not ask it

     
(Fade out or e

nd on D)