BmThe (x24432@1)walls are talking
        Dand (xx0232@1)the only person
        A (x02220@1)      
who can hear me
          Bmis (x24432@1)nearly gone.
  D (xx0232@1)                   
I stand by your bedside,
       Aon (x02220@1)the edge of words
             GThat (320003@1)I can't say,
                          Bmfor (x24432@1)the fear that I might fall.

BmMaybe (x24432@1)I'm afraid that
    Dthe (xx0232@1)pictures that I paint,
      AWon't (x02220@1)capture
              Bmthe (x24432@1)beauty of you.
        DAnd (xx0232@1)the last thing that you hear
       Ais (x02220@1)the silence in your ears,
     GAs (320003@1)I sink beneath the weight
      Bmof (x24432@1)it all.

EmI (022000@1)could call you my lover,
           Acall (x02220@1)you a beast,
D (xx0232@1)          CCall (x32010@1)you the island,
      Gwhere (320003@1)faith doesn't reach.
EmCall (022000@1)you a lion,
           Acall (x02220@1)you a man,
D (xx0232@1)                  C (x32010@1)        GYou're (320003@1)the line that ties me to things.
              BmI (x24432@1)don't understand.

Your smile as you wither, is as pretty as the picture,
You wouldn't sell to the lady next door.
You tell me music and art, it doesn't have a price,
It's for the heart, I should give it away,
Use it for the freedom of us all.

I could call you my lover, call you a beast,
Call you the island, where faith doesn't reach.
Call you a lion, call you a man,
You're the line that ties me to things.
I don't understand.