Poison

(words and music by Chris Stanley © 2013)

Verse 1:

Gm7

Your love is like a telephone that never seems to ring
Like that songbird on the roof that never seems to sing
          Cm7                                                                Gm7
And I wonder if you think of me when I’m not around

Verse 2:
Your heart is like the winter sun that hardly ever shows
So much colder when it’s shining, casting shadows on the snow
And I want to know you need me but all I have is doubt

Chorus 1:
            D7                                   Cm7                                         Gm7
You’re in my veins like poison, killing me from the inside out

Verse 3:

Your sadness is a prison cell from which I can’t be free

The door’s locked from the inside and I’ve thrown away the key
Yes I threw it in the river just to watch it sinking down
Verse 4:
Your love is like that songbird that never seems to sing
So I loaded up my shotgun
I’m gonna shoot it with affection—try to keep it on the ground
Chorus 2:
You’re in my veins like poison, killing me from the inside out

Middle:

            Eb

And it seems to me we’re looking
               F                                 Gm7
Through different ends of a telescope
             Eb
‘Cause I think you’re too far away
       F                    Eb
And you think -
       F                    Eb
And you think –
       F                                F7
And you think I’m too close

Instrumental (double bass riff followed by lead guitar):

Gm7 – Cm7 – Gm7 – D7 – Cm7…Gm7

Verse 5:

Gm7

Your eyes are like the enemy; your gaze is hardened steel
                                                                                   Cm7
And every time you look at me I wonder if I’m real
               D7                    Cm7                                   Gm7
Or am I just bad fiction, the kind you can’t put down

Chorus 3:

You’re poison in my veins

Like poison
Killing me from the inside out