Verse 1
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am] [F]
I have never known peace like the damp grass that yields to me
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am] [F]
I have never known hunger like these insects that feast on me
[F] [Am] [G] [Am]
A thousand teeth and yours among them, I know
[F] [Am] [G] [Em] [Am]
Our hungers appeased, our heart beats becoming slow
Pre-Chorus 1
[G] [C] [G] [F]
We'll lay here for years or for hours
[F] [G] [Am] [G]
Thrown here or found, to freeze or to thaw
[G] [C] [G] [F]
So long, we'd become the flowers
[F] [G] [Am] [C]
Two corpses we were, two corpses I saw
Chorus
[G] [F]
And they'd find us in a week
[G] [F] [C]
When the weather gets hot
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am]
After the insects have made their claim
[Em] [Am] [G] [F]
I'd be home with you, I'd be home with you
Verse 2
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am] [F]
I have never known sleep like this slumber that creeps to me
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am] [F]
I have never known colors like this morning reveals to me
[F] [Am] [G] [Am]
And you haven't moved an inch such that I would not know
[F] [Am] [G] [Em] [Am]
If you sleep always like this, flesh calmly going cold
Pre-Chorus 2
[G] [C] [G] [F]
We'll lay here for years or for hours
[F] [G] [Am] [G]
Your hand in my hand, so still and discreet
[G] [C] [G] [F]
So long, we'd become the flowers
[F] [G] [Am] [C]
We'd feed well the land and worry the sheep
Chorus
[G] [F]
And they'd find us in a week
[G] [F] [C]
When the cattle show fear
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am]
After the insects have made their claim
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am]
After the foxes have known our taste
[Am] [Em] [G] [F]
I'd be home with you, I'd be home with you
Bridge
[G] [F]
They'd find us in a week
(We lay here for years or for hours)
[G] [F] [C]
When the weather gets hot
(So long we become the flowers)
[G] [F]
And they'd find us in a week
(We lay here for years or for hours)
[G] [F] [C]
When the cattle show fear
(So long we become the flowers)
Outro
[G] [F]
And they'd find us in a week
[G] [F] [C]
When the buzzards get loud
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am]
After the insects have made their claim
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am]
After the foxes have known our taste
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am]
After the raven has had his say
Outro
[G] [Am] [Em] [Am]
I'd be home with you, I'd be home with you
[G] [Am] [Em] [Am]
I'd be home with you, I'd be home with you
[G] [Am] [Em] [Am]
I'd be home with you, I'd be home with you
Chorus
[G] [F]
And they'd find us in a week
[G] [F] [C]
When the buzzards get loud
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am]
After the insects have made their claim
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am]
After the foxes have known our taste
[G] [Am] [Em] [Am]
I’d be home with you, I’d be home with you
Bridge
[G] [F]
They'd find us in a week
(We lay here for years or for hours)
[G] [F] [C]
When the weather gets hot
(So long we become the flowers)
[G] [F]
And they'd find us in a week
(We lay here for years or for hours)
[G] [F] [C]
When the cattle show fear
(So long we become the flowers)
Outro
[G] [F]
And they'd find us in a week
[G] [F] [C]
When the buzzards get loud
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am]
After the insects have made their claim
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am]
After the foxes have known our taste
[Am] [Em] [G] [Am]
After the raven has had his say
Outro
[G] [Am] [Em] [Am]
I'd be home with you, I'd be home with you
[G] [Am] [Em] [Am]
I'd be home with you, I'd be home with you
[G] [Am] [Em] [Am]
I'd be home with you, I'd be home with you
