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