Tom: D
G A D Bm
[Verse 1]
D
'I will live and will not die'
G D
is what she told me
A
Now the dark oceans of her eyes grow
G D
still and frozen
D
I lay her out on the open clear Where she's still
G D
suited and covered
G D
Did she know those words were
A D
The last I’d ever hear
[Verse 2]
D
Two years of soundless night
G D
We came on you looming
A
Found your pale, unwavering eye
G D
Had foreseen our coming
D
Descending on the Conamara
G D
Did we fall like matches
G D
Or maybe more like ashes
A D
On miles and miles of ice
[Chorus]
G A
In your arms ancient goddess
D Bm
No sun will rise to ease the cold
G A
From this vantage of darkness
D Bm
A pale, blue star’s light is fading low
[Verse 3]
D
Seven miles down ice and stone
G D
Fourteen months of drilling
A
We finally strike the oceans of your womb
G D
Just to find that you’re barren
D
O the madness that drove us to this
G D
A mistress so neglected
G D
To her bitter breasts will
A D
Clutch you even long past death
[Chorus]
G A
In your arms ancient goddess
D Bm
No sun will rise to ease the cold
G A
From this vantage of darkness
D Bm
A pale, blue star’s light is fading low
[Bridge]
Bm
Every mind gonna slide straight in the dark
G
Every star burn hard just to be snuffed out
D
Every flame gonna wane, gonna break
A
Beneath that blinding winter
Bm
But you’re a queen besieging every fire that dies
G
You avenge, ascending on a throne of ice
D
We the fools you drew so you
A
Could hang us on your neck like silver
[Chorus]
G A
In your arms ancient goddess
D Bm
No sun will rise to ease the cold
G A
From this vantage of darkness
D Bm
A pale, blue star’s light is fading low
[Tag]
D
‘I will live and will not die’
G
Is what you're tellin’ me
