That Unwanted Animal

Gm F Gm
Gm
There's a second wind coming
As we lie here in our bed
   Cm
It rattles the bones of our fathers
Carries whispers from the dead
         F
And you, you, you light a candle
           Dm
And I make sure the bairns are fed
    Gm
You turn the telly on
To drown out your fear
    Cm
And make the bed up silent on the floor
So no one will hear us
    F
You try so loud to love me
      Dm
But I cannot seem to hear

 Gm
'Cause you, you touch
My skin peels off like paint
    Cm
But beneath all of our panting
There's this noise I cannot shake
      F
Well, can't you hear that scratching?
        Dm
There's something at the door
        Gm
But the wind has picked us up now
We're hanging in the air
           Cm
And as you grip me like an animal
That you're about to spear
            F
"Be good to me, " I whisper
        Dm
And you say, "What?", and I said, "Nothing, dear"

Cm
Can't you hear it?
Gm
It can hear you
Cm
It wants me to
n.c.                           Gm F
(Throw the plate at the wall)

        Gm
I'm the paper cut that kills you
I'm the priest that you ignored
        Cm
I'm the touch you crave
I'm the plans that you made
But fuck all your plans, I'm bored
               F
"And can't you hear that scratching?"
           Dm
I ask your eyes
         Gm
I've got knuckle burn from typing all these lines into your chest
           Cm
And as the belt from your buckle is tightening
I make shipwrecks out of my dress
         F
And the door below, it splinters
        Dm
And the creature creeps inside
       Gm
And we fall into each other
The scratching grows so loud
        Cm
Because that unwanted animal
Wants nothing more than to get out
And I scream
     F
'Oh, what's the time, Mr. Wolf?"
    Dm
But you, you're blind, you bleat, you bear your claws
            Gm
Oh, and you rip my ribcage open
And devour what's truly yours
        Cm
And our screaming joins in unison
I cry out to the Lord
             F
'Cause if we join our hands in prayer enough
   Dm
To God, I imagine it all starts to sound like applause

Cm
Can't you hear it
Gm
It can hear you
Cm              n.c. Gm F
It wants me to

           Gm
And these plates, they smash like waves (Place your hand in mine)
    Cm
And on the wind, it howls (How long can this last?)
         F
But that second wind is coming, love
     Dm
It's coming for all we own
    Gm
And on the creature scratches
It doesn't know how to get out (Let me out)
    Cm
And you, you follow philosophies
But me, I laugh, I choke
       F
"Well, hello, my hollow Holofernes"
  Dm
I wink, but you don't get the joke
          Gm
"Hold the hand of the god-child, " they said
'As he falls from the sky"
Cm
"Be good to me, " I beg of him
"Be good to me, " I beg of him
F
Be good, be good, be good
Be good, be good, be good, be good
       Dm
And he replies  (Oh)
"No, no, not I"

Gm
F Gm x4

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