Starry Stairs Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][A][F#m][G][Bm][Em][G][Em][Bm]
[A][D][A][G]

[Verse 1]
They ask [D]for more;
What do you [F#m]think this fan club is [Bm]for?
[A]I slithered up [G]each rose corrid[Em]or,
I kept [Bm]a warm safe place in [A]my core
Before [G]I lost it.

[Verse 2]
They ask [D]for blood,
What do you [F#m]think this
woman's made [Bm]of?
[A]I stuck a s[G]mall thin pin in my
[Em]thumb;
They dreamt a low [Bm]long
line to [A]be crossed
And I [G]crossed it.

[Verse 3]
I'm [A]alive but a different
kind of [Bm]life
Than the way I used to [A]be,[G]
I re[A]tire [D]to [A]a split white smile to be see[Bm]n

[Verse 4]
In on an old sad magazine.
[A]And [G]this gir[D]ls eyes,
Well they were [F#m]roughly wretched open,
[Bm]I co[A]uld see a [G]starry
stare up your [Em]thigh.
You hid be[Bm]hind your hair, oh,
but [A]I saw you s[G]miling

[Verse 5]
While all these [A]guys,
[D]all[A] these curious sets of eye[Bm]s
Safe behind a TV [A]screen.[G]
I let them [A]pry,[D]
Pick [A]apart and hang out [Bm]to dry
Almost every piece of me.
[A][G][A]

[Verse 6]
[G]
(If you don't love me,
[D]I'm[F#m][D][Bm][A][G][Em][Bm][A][G]
sorry)

[Verse 7]
Oh, what [D]a trip,
Oh, what [F#m]a shivering silver [Bm]ship,
[A]Oh, what a hot hal[G]f-life I I half liv[Em]ed
Oh, and [Bm]the stripes and stars
How they [A]stripped off the sid[G]ing.

[Verse 8]
When my [D]life ripped,
all from [F#m]the part that played as [Bm]a kid
[A]Into the[G] part that blazed
through your [Em]lips
To find [Bm]a warm, safe place then to sit
[A]Curl up in[G]side it.

[Verse 9]
So here's [A]goodbye
[D]Fro[A]m the part that stays behin[Bm]d
To the part that has [A]to leave[G]
To the sub[A]lime [D]lips tha[A]t
were never spoiled
By ly[Bm]ing to the face inside the being
[A]Who[G] wasn't me[A][G]
Who wasn't [A]me[G]
She's not [A]me[G]