Asylum Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Con[Bbaug]fined into a cel[D]l
a f[Bbaug]aded glimpse of h[D]ope
[Bbaug]The cold [D]metal[Bbaug] shines
and the walls are too c[D]lose
[Bbaug]An aura suff[D]oc [Bbaug]ates[D][Bbaug][Ebm]
through [Bbaug]the fo g,[D]
[Bbaug]breathes [D]heavily
[Bbaug]Prisoner of his fate[D]
rem[Bbaug]embering
the [D]tragedy
[Ebm][Bbaug]

[Verse 2]
[D][F]
[F#]Alone, [F#m]de str[Em]uct i[Ebm]ve ima[D] g[Fdim]in a[Gb][Gbm][Gb][F#m]
[D]tion [Ebm]that o[D]nce create[F#m]d dreams
[D]Morphs the [Ebm]world [D]int[F#m]o nigh[Ebm]tmare,[D][F#m]
[Ebm]repla [D]cing [Ebm]reality[D]
[E]Perception

[Verse 3]
of [Em]time,
[Ebm]lost i[E]nto the dark[Ebm][E]
Persistence of [Ebm]this c[F#]haos,
[E]lef[Ebm]t a fa[E]tal m[Em]ark
[E]Psychotic obscurity cov[Ebm]ers
[Em]the horizon[E]
[Em]In p[E]erpetual[Ebm] tyran[D]ny,
[Ebm]slave [Em]to t[Ebm]he hor[Em]ror[Ebm][E]
Piece [Em]by p[C]iece,

[Verse 4]
[C]
[D]ascending[Ebm][E]
a tower of dement[Em]ia
[C]Arises without end[C5][Ebm]
[E]building
delirium
[C]Eternally descending [D]an
[Ebm]infini[E]te fall[Em]
[C]Reveals the [Em]impossible... [Ebm]es cap[E]ing the
[Bm]asylum[B5][D][G][F#m][Em][E][D][F#m]
[Bm]...the asylum[B5][Bm]

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][F#m][Em][E][D][F#m]
[Em][Bm][D][Bb][D][Bb][Bbaug][F#5][D][Bb]
[D]Feeble

[Verse 5]
[Bm]ray of l[Bb]ight,
reflect[F#]ing t[F#m]he gui[G]lt[D]
Scarred [Bm]hands [G]rea[Bb]ching
[Bbaug]the un re[F#]achable[Bb][Bbaug]
[Bm]By d[Bbaug]espair cap[Bb]tive[Ebm],[F#m][D]
[Bb]prim[B5]itive[Bm] and [B5]chai[Bb]ned[Bbaug][Gb5][D]
Sac[Cbm]red mi[D]nds br[Bb]eaching th[Bbaug]e[Bbm][Bb][D][Ebm][Cbm]
[D]unb[Bbaug]reachable[D][Em][Cbm][Em]
[Bbaug]Through solitary [D]hell

[Verse 6]
[Bbaug]hopeless
[D]and deranged
[Bbaug]Frozen in denial[D]
[Bbaug]
claustrophob[D]ia in a cage
[Bbaug]The aura suffoca[D]tes at[Bbaug]
the last [Ebm]breath,
[Bbaug]realizes
[D](He is [Bbaug]the) prisoner of his faith
[D]A tra[Bbaug]gic memor[D]y[Bbaug][D][Ebm][B]
[Ebm]Screaming[D]

[Verse 7]
[Ebm]afar l[Gb5]ike a di[Gbm]s tant[Gb5]
[F5]mise[Em]ry[D][Ebm]
[D]Tormented whisper[Gb5]s[D][Gbm]
[Gb5]cry in[Ebm]g a dismal melody
[D]Those dre[Gb5]aded voi[Gbm]ces[F5][D]
in the depth,
[Ebm]resonate[D]
[Ebm]In a fin[D]al pra[Em]ise to [Ebm]liberate[D]
[Ebm]But they only decima[D]te...

[Verse 8]
[D]...the sanity that struggles to remain
Alone, [Ebm]blame[D]
[Ebm]the sh[D]ado[Gbm]w
[Em]Con [Ebm]front [D]the [Ebm]enigma[Gbm]
[Em]entrap
[D]ment of [Bbaug]the soul[D][Em]
[E]Perception [Em]of ti[Ebm]me,

[Verse 9]
[Em]lost [E]in [Em]the dark[E]
Persistence [Em]of this chaos,
has [E]left a fatal [Em]mark
[E]Psychotic obs[Em]curity[D][Em][Ebm]
[Em]cove[E]rs the horizon[Em][Ebm]
[D]In per[Em]petual tyr[Ebm]anny,
[Em]slav[E]e to the other self...[Em][Ebm]
[E]Piece [Em]by p[C]iece,

[Verse 10]
[Em]ascending[E]
a tower of dem[Em]entia
[C]Arises without end[D]
[Ebm]buildi[E]ng
delirium
[Em]Eter[C]nally desc[D]ending
[Em]an infin
[E]ite [Em]fall
[C]Reveals [Ebm]the impossible... es[E]caping the [Bm]asylum[B5][Bm]
[B5][Bm][D][G][F#m][Em][G][Em][E][D][F#m]
[B]...the asylum

[Verse 11]
[B5]A un[B5]i ver[D]se[G][D][Em][E][Em][D][F#m][Bm][B5]
[Bm]redu[B5]ced t[D]o not[G]hing[F#m][Em][E][D][F#m]
Im[B5]mensity [Bm]so sm[B5]all[D]
Ex[G]ist[D]ence...[F#m][Em]
[E]exist[Em] ence[D] wit[F#m]hout life