158. Burn- Hamilton

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A A A-A A-F# D E F#
I saved every letter you wrote me

F# F# F#-F# F# F# E
From the moment I read them

.A D E F# F#
I knew you were mine

.A D E F# F#
You said you were mine

.A D E F# F#-E-D
I thought you were mine...


A A A A A-A-G-F# E
Do you know what Angelica said

D D .A .A .A .A-F# F#-F#
When we saw your first letter arrive?

D D
She said

D F#-E E E D D
"Be careful with that one, love.

D D F#-E E E E D D - D
He will do what it takes to survive."


.A .B .A A A - F# D E-D
You and your words flooded my senses

.A A-F#-F# D E D-A-F#
Your sentences left me defenceless

D E D A-F#-F#
You built me palaces

E E E-D-D
Out of paragraphs

D E D-A-F#
You built cathedrals...


A A - A - A A A-F#
I'm re-reading the letters

D E F#
You wrote me...

F# F# - F# F# F#-F#
I'm searching and scanning

F# F#-E .A D-E-F# F#
For answers in every line

.A D E F# F#
For some kind of sign

.A D E F# F#-E-D
And when you were mine...


F# F# E D F#
The world seemed to burn...

F#-E-D-E-D
Burn....


A A - A A A-F# D E F#
You published the letters she wrote you

A A A A A
You told the whole world

F# E E D .A
How you brought this girl

D E F# F#
In to our bed

.A D-E F# F#
In clearing your name

.A .A D-E F# F#-E-F#-E-D
You have ruined our lives ~ ~


A A A A B-B-F#-F# F#
Do you know what Angelica said

.A .A .A .A F# F#
When she read what you'd done?

D D
She said...

D D F#-E E E-D-D
"You have married an Icarus

D D F# E E D D D
He has flown too close to the sun."

.A .B .A A
You and your words

A - A F# E E-D-D
Obsessed with your legacy....

A A-F#-F# D-E D A - F#
Your sentences border on senseless

D E D A-F#-E
And you are paranoid

E E-E E-D-D
In every paragraph

D E D A-F# F#
How they perceive you...

G-F# G-F#
You, you

G-F#-G-F#
You...


A A-A-A A-A
I'm erasing myself

F# D E-F#-E
From the narrative

F# F#-F# F#-F#-F#-F#
Let future historians

F#-E .A .A-D-E F#-F#-E
Wonder how Eliza reacted

.A D E F# F#-E-D
When you broke her heart...

D D E F# F# F#-F#
You have torn it all apart....


F# F# F#-E-D F# F#-A-G-F#
I am watching it burn ~

D-E-F# F# F#-A-B
Watching it burn ~


A A F# E E E E-D D
The world has no right to my heart

D A F# E E F# E F#
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-D-D
I'm burning the memories

A - F# E E - D D
Burning the letters that

D E D - E F#
Might have redeemed you...


A ^D - A G G A G-F# F#
You forfeit all rights to my heart

A ^D - A G G A G A
You forfeit the place in our bed

A ^D A G G-A G - A
You sleep in your office instead

A ^D-A A G-F#-F#
With only the memories

F# ^D A G A
Of when you were mine...

.A D E A A
I hope that you burn...

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