Holy Branches Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[E][Em][G][D][A]
[Em][G][D][A]

[Verse 1]
When you [Em]were young
You'd bite your [G]tongue[D]
Calm, always did what you were [A]told
Never ran your [Em]mouth
Lived life on tip[G]toes[D]
Only felt peace if by your[A]self
Where mistakes [Bm]don't coun[C]t

[Verse 2]
There's [Em]a hole in [D]your chest
From the time that you [C]was born
One that don't get filled
Cause you've always [Em]known
You're nothing they want
[D]

[Verse 3]
But everybody's [Em]bones are
just [A]holy [C]branches
Cast from [D]trees to cut
patterns in the world
[Em]And in t[A]ime we find some shelt[C]er
Spill our leaves,
[D]and then sleep in the[C] earth
And when there we'll belong
'Cause the earth don't give a

[Interlude 1]
Damn if you're lost
[Em][G][D]
[Am][Em][G]
[D][A][Am]
[A]

[Verse 4]
And [Em]now I live a[G]lone
[D]Work in the belly of ma[A]chines
Wring my soot black [Em]hands
And I don't sleep [G]much
[D]Days don't feel different from the [A]nights
With no goals [B]in [C]mind

[Verse 5]
There's a [Em]hole in my [D]chest
From the time the time I walked [C]away
One I fill with sweat
'Cause now [Em]I know
I'm nothing they want
[D]

[Verse 6]
But everybody's [Em]bones
are just [A]holy [C]branches
We ride the [D]breeze to cut
Patterns in [Em]the earth
And in [A]time we find some [C]shelter
Spill our [D]seeds and
then wait for our [C]turn
But for [Em]now we're [D]adrift on
The winds of discon[C]tent
Trying to carve our place
All in [Em]hopes we'll be something they [D]want

[Interlude 2]
But I ain't holding my breath
[Em][G][D][Am][C]
[Em][G]
[D][C][Em]
[G][D][Am][Em]
[G][D][C][A]

[Verse 7]
Trace [C]your fingers down my [A]spine
Make your [C]home behind my eye[A]s
Line my [C]skull with harmless lies
[A]I'll bide my tim[C]e until
I'm something they want
[Em]