to be a king alone
Db
Like Solomon or Rehoboam
Ebm
And in the eaves the corvidae
Db
did jealous keep my picture frames
Abm Gb Db
and everything did oxidate in place
Verse 2: -with different ending-
B
But then you came, a single cell
Db
with astrolabe and carousel
Ebm
and algebra and symmetry
Db
and none of this was lost on me
Bb Bb B Bb Bb B B
and I could see how still I'd been before
Bb Bb B Bb Bb B B
If I don't eat, I don't sleep at all
Bridge 1:
Bb
Like limbs in procession,
Ebm
like so many birds,
Bb
stampeding like oxen,
Ebm
our hearts are a herd.
Chorus 1:
Db
I loved you in the bed,
Ebm Db
I loved you in the best way possible,
Ebm
I loved you in the bed.
Bridge 2:
B Bb
Did you see the light in my heart?
Did you see the sweat on my brow?
Did you see the fear in my heart?
Did you see me bleeding it out?
Chorus 2:
Db
I loved you in the bed,
Ebm Db
I loved you in the best way possible,
Ebm Bb
I loved you in the best way possible,
Ebm Db
I loved you in the best way possible,
Ebm Bb
I loved you in the best way possible,
B
I loved you in the bed.
