I saved every letter you wrote me
A A A A A F# D E F#
From the moment I read them
F# F# F# F# F# F# E A D E F# F#
You said you were mine
A D E F# F#
I thought you were mine
A D E F# F# E D
Do you know what Angelica said
A A A A A A G F# F#
When we saw your first letter arrive?
E D A A A A F# F# F#
She said, "Be careful with that one, love
D D D F# E E E D D
he will do what it takes to survive"
D D F# E E E D D D
You and your words flooded my senses
A B A A A F# E E D
Your sentences left me defenseless
A A F# F# D E D A F#
You built me palaces out of paragraphs
D E D A F# E E E E D D
You build cathedrals
D E D A F#
I'm re-reading the letters you wrote me
A A A A A A F# D E F#
I'm searching and scanning for answers
F# F# F# F# F# F# F# F# E
In every line, for some kind of sign
A D E F# F# A D E F# F#
and when you were mine
A D E F# F# E D
The world seemed to... burn
F# F# E D F#
Burn
F#
You published the letters she wrote you
A A A A A F# D E F#
You told the whole world how
A A A A A F#
You brought this girl into our bed
E E D A D E F# F#
In clearing your name
A D E F# F#
You have ruined our lives
A A D E F# F# E F# E D
Do you know what Angelica said
A A A A B B F# F# F#
When she read what you'd done?
A A A A F# F#
She said, "You have married an Icarus.
D D D D F# E E E D D
He has flown too close to the sun."
D D F# E E E D D D
You and your words, obsessed with your legacy
A B A A A A F# E E D D
Your sentences border on senseless
A A F# F# D E D A F#
And you are paranoid in ev'ry paragraph
D E D A F# E E E E E D D
How they perceive you. You, you, you...
D E D A F# G F# G F# (F# G F# G F#)
I'm erasing myself from the narrative
A A A A A A F# D E F# E
Let future historians wonder how Eliza
F# F# F# F# F# F# F# F# E A A D E
Reacted when you broke her heart
F# F# E A D E F# F# E D
You have torn it all apart
D D E F# F# F# F#
I am watching it burn
F# F# F# E D F# (A G F#)
Watching it burn
D E F# F# A B
The world has no right to my heart
A A F# E E E E D D
The world has no place in our bed
D A F# E E F# E F#
They don't get to know what I said
D A F# E E F# E F#
I'm burning the memories, burning the letters
D A F# E E D D A F# E E D
That might have redeemed you
D D E D A F#
You forfeit all rights to my heart
A D A G G A G F# F#
You forfeit the place in our bed
A D A G G A G A
You sleep in your office instead
A D A G G A G A
With only the memories
A D A G G F# F#
Of when you were mine
A D A G A
I hope that you... burn
A D E A A