f G(addF)
I began to warm and chill
f G(addF)
To objects and their fields
f G(addF)
A ragged cup, a twisted mop
f G(addF)
The face of Jesus in my soup
f G(addF)
Those sinister dinner deals
f G(addF)
The meal trolley's wicked wheels
f G(addF)
A hooked bone rising from my
f G(addF)
food. All things good or ungood.

F5And the mercy seat is waiting
F5(addG)
And I think my head is burning
F5 F5(addG)
And in a way I'm yearning to be
B5 B5(addF)
done with all this measuring of
B5 B5(addF)
truth, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a
C5 C5(addF)
tooth, And anyway I told the
F5 F5(addB)
truth, And I'm not afraid to die.

f G(addF)
Interpret signs and catalogue
f G(addF)
A blackened tooth, a scarlet fog
f G(addF)
The walls are bad. Black. Bottom kind.
f G(addF)
They are the sick breath at my hind
f G(addF)
They are the sick breath at my hind
f G(addF)
They are the sick breath at my hind
f G(addF)
They are the sick breath gathering
f G(addF)
at my hind.

F5 F5(addG)
I hear stories from the
F5 F5(addG)
chamber, How Christ was born into a
F5 F5(addG)
manger And like some ragged stranger
B5 B5(addF)
Died upon the cross, And might I
B5 B5(addF)
say it seems so fitting in its
C5 C5(addF)
way He was a carpenter by
F5 F5(addB)
trade, Or at least that's what I'm
f G(addF)
told.

f G(addF)

f G(addF)
Like my good hand
f G(addF)
I tattooed F.V.I.L. across it's
f G(addF)
brother's fist
f G(addF)
That filthy five! They did
f G(addF)
nothing to resist.

F5 F5(addG)
In heaven His throne is made of gold
F5 F5(addG)
The ark of His testament is
F5 F5(addG)
stowed, A throne from which I'm told all
B5 B5(addF)
history does unfold, Down here it's
B5 B5(addF)
made of wood and wire, And my
C5 C5(addF)
body is on fire
F5 F5(addB)
And God is never far away.

f G(addF)
Into the mercy seat I climb
f G(addF)
My head is shaved, my head is
f G(addF)
wired, And like a moth that tries to
B5 B5(addF)
enter the bright eye, so I go
B5 B5(addF)
shuffling out life, Just to
C5 C5(addF)
hide in death a while
F5 F5(addB)
And anyway I never lied.

f G(addF)
My kill-hand is called F.V.I.L.
f G(addF)
Wears a wedding band that's B.O.O.B.
f G(addF)
'Tis a long suffering shackle
f G(addF)
Collaring all that rebel blood

F5And the mercy seat is waiting
F5(addG)
And I think my head is burning
F5 F5(addG)
And in a way I'm yearning to be
B5 B5(addF)
done with all this measuring of
B5 B5(addF)
truth, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a
C5 C5(addF)
tooth, And anyway I told the
F5 F5(addB)
truth, And I'm not afraid to die.

F5And the mercy seat is burning
F5(addG)
And I think my head is glowing
F5 F5(addG)
And in a way I'm hoping to be
B5 B5(addF)
done with all this weighing up of
B5 B5(addF)
truth, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a
C5 C5(addF)
tooth, And anyway I told the
F5 F5(addB)
truth, And I'm not afraid to die.

F5And the mercy seat is glowing
F5(addG)
And I think my head is smoking
F5 F5(addG)
And in a way I'm hoping to be
B5 B5(addF)
done with all these looks of disbeleif
B5 B5(addF)
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a
C5 C5(addF)
tooth, And anyway I there was no
F5 F5(addB)
proof, Nor a motive why.

F5And the mercy seat is smoking
F5(addG)
And I think my head is melting
F5 F5(addG)
And in a way I'm helping to be
B5 B5(addF)
done with all this twisting of
B5 B5(addF)
truth, An eye for an eye and a truth for a
C5 C5(addF)
truth, And anyway I told the
F5 F5(addB)
truth, And I'm not afraid to die.

F5And the mercy seat is melting
F5(addG)
And I think my blood is boiling
F5 F5(addG)
And in a way I'm spoiling all the
B5 B5(addF)
fun with all this truth and consequence
B5 B5(addF)
An eye for an eye and a truth for a
C5 C5(addF)
truth, And anyway I told the
F5 F5(addB)
truth, And I'm not afraid to die.

F5And the mercy seat is waiting
F5(addG)
And I think my head is burning
F5 F5(addG)
And in a way I'm yearning to be
B5 B5(addF)
done with all this measurement of
B5 B5(addF)
proof, A lie for a lie and a truth for a
C5 C5(addF)
truth, And anyway there was no
F5 F5(addB)
proof, And I'm not afraid to tell a lie.

F5And the mercy seat is waiting
F5(addG)
And I think my head is burning
F5 F5(addG)
And in a way I'm yearning to be
B5 B5(addF)
done with all this measurment of
B5 B5(addF)
proof, An eye for an eye and a truth for a
C5 C5(addF)
truth, And anyway I told the
F5 F5(addB)
truth, And I'm afraid I told a lie.

Chords:

F|-0--0-------0--0--------------------------------------|
G|-0--0-------0--0--------------------------------------|
B|-0--4-------9--9--------7--7--------10--10-------5--5-|
B|-2--4-------9--9--------7--7--------10--10-------5--5-|
F|-2--2-------7--7--------5--5--------8---8--------3--3-|
F|-0--0-------0--7-----------5------------8-----------3-|
f G(addF) F5 F5(addG) B5 B5(addF) C5 C5(addF) F5 F5(addB)