Key: C5 , F5
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Intro: Dm-- x8
Verse 1:
A5 C5 D5
City of blue tile
A5 C5 D5
Figure in Ceramics
A5 C5 D5
Where we reach out
A5 C5
Grab for Porce-
Chorus 1:
D5 A5 Bb5 D5
-lain But it's too fragile to hold
A5 Bb5 D5
And it shatters in our hands
A5
In time the seasons will
Bb5 D5
seal these shards
A5
Into the slits that
Bb5 D5
denote your wrists
Bb5
Death is the answer
A5
To calculations composed
Bb5 D5
of motions that are the same
Bb5
And secret and different
A5
A missing alphabet
Bb5
with a message for us
Verse 2:
D5
When people die
(DIE,DIE!)
A5
They take a piece
C5 D5
of us with them
(PEOPLE DIE AND DIE!)
A5
And holes in clouds
Bb5 D5
are minutes passing
(DIE AND DIE!)
A5
Rescind this line
C5 D5
and several ties
(PEOPLE DIE AND
DIE EVERYDAY!)
A5
The skyline unfolds
C5
into expla-
Chorus 2:
D5
-nation That sometimes
Bb5
words give up
A5
And silently walk off the
Bb5
edge the edge of the page
D5 Bb5
And here the cry opens up
A5
reveals the word inside
Bb5 D5
The crack in the porcelain
Bb5 A5
The crack in the porcelain
Bb5 Dm(hold)
The crack in the porcelain
Interlude: Bb--Dm--
Bridge:
Bb5
The silent line of
D5
skylit eyes show
Bb5
The silent line of
D5
skylit eyes show
Bb5
The silent line of
D5
skylit eyes show
Bb5
The silent line of
D5
skylit eyes show
(Repeat)
D--
Sing in Backup:
Death up there shine
more brightly than
lives down here
Try and live
(Repeat Verse 2)
Outro:
D5 Bb5
-nation
D5 Bb5
explanation
Bb5
Try and live
D5
Try and live
Bb5
Try and live
Bb5
Try and live
D5
Try and live
Bb5
Try and live
Bb5
Try and live
D5
Try and live
Bb Dm---(hold)
Try and live, live
Try and live
Try and live