She Who Mars the Skin of Gods chords by Protest the Hero

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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"Kezia,
my darling, please never forget
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World's got the substance of
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a frozen summer silhouette"
Said my mother through lips that were
cracked with love and toil
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Before she added,
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"the warmest of blankets is six feet of soil"

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Interlude 1

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Verse 2
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She had a perfume called "Pride" that
smelled a lot more like (shame)
So when she walked into the
room I was sleeping
Heard her curse my father's
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name
It was our situation, our position,

Interlude 2

our gender to blame

(It was the

Verse 3
lonely grey of my father's
eyes staring back in the)
The mirror's frame
(It was the lonely grey of my father's
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eyes staring back in the)
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Mirror's frame

Interlude 3

Verse 4
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Mother, oh, mother, shaking while I write
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Tonight I'll stay awake and try to
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breathe away my fright
Mother, oh, mother,
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shaking while I write
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Tonight I'll stay awake and try to breathe away my fright

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Verse 5
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There's a letter waiting for me
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Am 
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Am 
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That I have yet to read
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There's a letter waiting for me
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That I have yet to read
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Because I know it's not from you
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You're the only one I need
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You're the only one I need
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I'm tired and I'm cold
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and I want to go to bed
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Buy there's no one here to tuck me in
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So the shotgun will instead
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(I'm tired, I'm cold)
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The shotgun will in  stead
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(I want to go to bed, I want to go to bed)
I want to
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(No one here to tuck
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me in)
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So this shotgun will