Key: E
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E F#m
Poke at my iris, why can't I cry about this?
A E/B B/F#
Maybe there is something that you know that I don't?
E F#m
We adopt a brand new language, communicate through pursed lips,
A E/B B/F#
You try not to put on any sexy clothes or graces.
E F#m
I might never catch a mouse and present it in my mouth
A E/B B/F#
And make you feel you're with someone who deserves to be with you.
E F#m
But there's one thing we've got going and it's the only thing worth knowing.
A E/B B/F#
It's got lots to do with magnets and the pull of the moon.
E F#m
Why won't our love keel over as it chokes on a bone?
A E/B B/F#
We can mourn its passing and then bury it in snow.
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E F#m
Or should we kick its cunt in and watch as it dies from bleeding.
A E/B B/F#
If you don't want to be with me just say and I will go.
A F#m C#m x4
E
E F#m
Well we can change our partners this is a progressive dance,
A E/B B/F#
But remember it was me who dragged you up to the sweaty floor
E
Well this has been a reel
F#m
I've got shin-splints and a stitch from weed(?)
A E/B B/F#
But like a drunken night it's the best bits that are coloured in
E F#m
Should look through some old photos I adored you in every one of those.
A E/B B/F#
If someone took a picture of us now they'd need to be told that we
E F#m
Had ever clung and tied a navy knot with arms at night
A E/B B/F#
I'd say she was his sister but she doesn't have his nose.
E F#m
And now we're unrelated and rid of all the shit we hated,
A E/B B/F#
But I hate when I feel like this and I never hated you.
A F#m C#m x4
